Okay.....its out! I took a bolt that was threaded similar to my tap, used my cordless impact to get a good bite into it, clamped the vice grips on, and used a crowbar to apply pressure...and it came flying out...nice and clean. Whew...that set me back a bit on firing this thing up. Thanks for all the suggestions. I think a combination of all of them did the trick. My next plan was to blow it out with dynamite and buy a different truck....:)