well, big vice grips I have, large adjustable open ended wrenches I have. So either hex or round I can do it. Removing the bar might be tough, but bolt cutters I have.
No, that 4 inches is the total so after everything it is the standard 3 inch handle on that stem. Oh yeah, and it's 48 inches up the wall. (not that I'm bragging) Thanks On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Dale Leavens wrote: > Oh no, I haven't seen a spark plug wrench that deep. I do have one open at > both ends you stick a bar through but with the stem that long there is no way > to run the bar through. You might remove the bar and grab it with large Vice > Grips I suppose. That does not mean they don't make one that long but I have > never seen one. > > 4 inches though, that beggar must poke you in the $$$ when you are showering? > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:36 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] plumbing delemna part 2 (fwd) > > > will the spark plug wrench allow for the faucet stem which sticks out > about 4 inches? > I was pricing deep sockets at McMaster, but i didn't know if they were > open at the far end. > Thanks > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Dale Leavens wrote: > > > They do make deep sockets it is true and a spark plug wrench is usually > about 2 inches deep. They come in at least two common sizes but I don't have > any idea if one would fit. the good news is that you can get a spark plug > wrench pretty cheap. > > > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype DaleLeavens > > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:48 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] plumbing delemna part 2 (fwd) > > > > > > > > thanks Tom, > > I'm envisioning a pair of slim duckbills that go 90dg to the jaws. But I > fear > > they either do not exist or aren't strong enough. > > I am trying to avoid dis assembling the union above the shut offs where > the two > > pipes become one and go up he wall to the shower head. I don't know if I > could > > rock the pipes back enough to get at it anyway without tearing my knuckles > on > > the wire lathing which is behind the tile wall. > > My kid tells me the "cement" in there is pink. > > So who's gonna see the blood? > > How much stem do you think the spark plug socket will accomodate? > > > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Tom Fowle wrote: > > > > > I just wonder if a spark plug socket might just fit in there > > > and be the correct size? They come in all kinds of cheapie socket sets. > > > > > > That's a real nerve wrecker, break it off in there and you got a real > mess. > > > > > > luck > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
