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After more of the above, and some bad language, the adaptor DID COME OUT!!! Hoorah! Now that it is out: should I, perhaps, grease the tapered surface before reinserting it upside down? On the one hand, the grease will prevent further rust. On the other, perhaps it will prevent the surfaces...

Well, with a lot of pressure from the back (the nut), and mighty blows with a 30 lb sledgehammer, Shell Alvania EP grease in all points of contact, and penetrating oil, still no go. I will try once more. aua i

I sprayed it very recently (30 min ago). I will keep spraying it every half an hour for a while.

Well, I tried mightily hard to whack the lunette ring with a 8 lb sledgehammer, around the ring area, so that the blows would help the adaptor come out. No luck :-( aua

I do not have the room to swing a hammer, unfortunately. I will try the same thing as I did, again (nut pushing on steel blocks), but this time with Shell Alvania EP grease on the thread and where the nut touches the steel plate. Additionally, I sprayed some penetrating oil where I could, but...

I have a trailer with a genset on it. I was trying to flip the pintle on it so that the lunette ring is a few inches lower. To that end, I unscrewed the nut, and then I tried to use the same nut to push the pintle out...