Removing pressed cam box plug
 

How can I safely remove this cam box plug while the motor is assembled? '79 3.0http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701707176.png

To pull it out the back? Drill it greased up, then thread a bolt in and yank?

Or just stick a long bar/ socket extensions/ broomstick whatever and tap it out. Use a little heat on it first.

i wonder what is the reason you need to remove it?

ivan

Same question. If you don't have to remove it for a good reason, don't.

Yeah I'm trying to imagine the combination of needs that would require pulling that plug while also keeping the engine in the car.

I just did this a few days ago to add a Clewitt Cam Sync. Luckily, I used a screw driver and pressed on one side and the other side popped out enough to grab it with vise grips. .....came right out.

Easy with the cam tower on a bench and no camshaft. On an assembled engine (OP's q), I'm not sure how to do it without drilling the plug. Personally I wouldn't be happy to create shavings that would go in the motor. Granted you'd probably be able to get most/all of them out once you removed the plug, but I'd worry I'd miss some and that would be no bueno.

Yup, Clewitt Cam sensor. I drilled and priyed it out. But corrosion on housing made it difficult. Thanks for the input. Now I have to drill and tap into the cam end. Terrifying. Any tips from those who have done it?

you did not say yet ,why do you want to remove the plug?

Ivan

It was fairly straight forward. I was biting my nails a bit, but after I saw what was behind the plug and how much room there was, I wasn't as nervous. Getting the CAM in position was a harder task, for me. It calls for 120 degree before Z1 on the compression stroke. I had to pull the valve covers off to make sure I knew where that was.

The kit came with a drill fixture. Easy peasy. Collecting the shrapnel afterward was easy with a magnet and vacuum. I took my time and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. And don't use compressed air. stuff will go everywhere you don't want it to.