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fatlazyless · 03-01-2021, 05:54 AM

With the eight dollar socket and breaker bar handle specifically designed to fit, it unscrews good.

Best to just quick stick a rubber cork stopper, about 1 1/2" diameter into the hole, then go to local hdwe store for replacement.

Draining the tank to do this is a big messy waste of time. Just plug it and run to hdwe.

You knows, I can do this with one hand tied behind my back while blind folded, and I'm about as smart as a moose with the brain worm disease! ....

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Just compare a new in-the-package element diameter, all the same, to the big rubber cork stopper, at the hdwe store, to get the correct size stopper, which is key to a no-leak rubber stopper. U gotta get the correct size stopper.

03-01-2021, 05:54 AM	#20
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,525 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 295 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	With the eight dollar socket and breaker bar handle specifically designed to fit, it unscrews good. Best to just quick stick a rubber cork stopper, about 1 1/2" diameter into the hole, then go to local hdwe store for replacement. Draining the tank to do this is a big messy waste of time. Just plug it and run to hdwe. You knows, I can do this with one hand tied behind my back while blind folded, and I'm about as smart as a moose with the brain worm disease! .... : Just compare a new in-the-package element diameter, all the same, to the big rubber cork stopper, at the hdwe store, to get the correct size stopper, which is key to a no-leak rubber stopper. U gotta get the correct size stopper. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 03-01-2021 at 07:05 AM.