Removing a tight immersion element.

[Chuck]

If possible have a second person around to give you a hand if something goes wrong. I always remember getting a leak that I could stop if I held the towel on it firmly but I'd left the bucket, etc. downstairs and no one was around to go fetch it for me.

TBH, I'm usually pretty cautious but I really screwed the pooch on that occasion. Still get nightmares about it...

 

[Stevex]

Bought a box spanner and eventually got the element moving.
Element out and had a look inside to see where the lower essex flange needs to go. Will do the drilling later
and in the mean time I've refitted the element with ptfe, so it will remove easily next time.