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Old 07-04-2008, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Philm View Post
HI Baz,
I did something similar with an NPT tap into a brand new dart block.

I recon I lost 10ltrs of sweat when I realised what I had just done.

I grabed an old spanner and cut one end of and cut the center out, if you like made a 2 tine fork, the tines fit into the groves of the tap.

Then with plenty of tapping fluid and a gentle hand backed the tap out.

Phil
Aha a builder! You beat me to the punch. Once, a long time ago I broke a tap in a bad spot and sweated blood until I made a two pronged "spanner" out of an old screwdriver, hardened it and screwed out the busted tap. I thought I was just lucky.
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