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Thanks Russ. I made a considerable dent and tapped and tapped but eventually gave up, drilled a hole and pried it out. Now I'll try to find another frost plug to fit in there and if I can't I'll JB Weld a nice shiny dime in there. Andre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org> To: "Type3" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [T3] 32-phn choke troubles > On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 20:30, The Canadian wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions all. In order to get the piston out on mine it's > > got to go out the top but there's a press-in cap in the way. Any > > suggestions for how to get it out? > > > Tap it in the center with a punch. It is domed up. When you dent it with > the punch, it will come right out. To put it back in, use some 5 minute > epoxy, sparingly. If it is the same size as a dual carb, a US dime is > about the right size for a replacement. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '71 FB AT > '66 FB MT > '64 T34 (not running) > '65 T1 (not running) > '05 KIA Sorento SUV > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >