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Whew ! After all of our thoughts, I went back to the bench and , through the nipple pocket, inserted a doubled over pipe cleaner. I could tell where the obstruction seemed to be. Not wanting to damage the nipple threads in the plug, I tried to fit various punches into the nipple opening, but could not reach the obstruction with steel punches. I found a couple of brass punches and one came close, and would not damage the pocket's threads. I rapped the brass punch with a hammer and it went in a bit more. Three solid wraps, and still no production. I hit the punch hard, then, and the obstruction popped out. The hammering bent the punch a bit to fit in the proper chamber shape. Here's what I found. Thank you all. Apparently this simple and safe try worked. Not sure what I would have done without the brass punch. Daryl