Just back from trying again with putty knives (broke), a brand new (now worthless) gasket scraper and a cold chisel. All with a bigger hammer. Oh yeah...and a fair amount of oxy acetylene too. Still no budgee. Is a puzzlement.
Doesn't really look bad from the outside...
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