Originally Posted by
Adder
I think you need to use the strap to pull it away probaly a little more than you feel comfortable with and see how much it springs back or , if you can get hold of a set of gas bottels you could get some proper heat into them?
I was thinking heat plus strap too if i can do it without melting too much around it

I've got a blowtorch (Rothenberger so a decent torch) and a load of MAP gas but i was thinking this won't really touch it or would i be wrong? Havent got any access to oxy which i imagine would be the ideal