In a message dated 10/19/99 10:55:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, JIMRPT@AOL.COM writes: << A method I prefer is using a small pair of vice grips. If you place/clamp the jaws at the top of, and flush to, the old elbow.......... you can then remove all remnants of the old elbow, secure the wire and turn the new one on until it bottoms out against the vice grip jaws, thereby almost exactly duplicating the position of the old elbow. Jim Bryant (FL) >> Hi Jim et al: Have any of you used the heating the wire method? I use it all the time-it's fast, less tiresome- and I've only burned down one house when the propane torch slipped. Ooops. It was an inexpensive house, tho-owned by a 'lil ole' lady with a Cadillac. Bob Bergantino, RPT Just some Northern Humor.
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