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Bad news. As I suspected, the part would not hold up to the extractor....cracked it. Ordered a replacement heater.

Yes. Tried that. It wouldn't budge and I was afraid to force it. I have since removed the control panel to gain access. Turns out, it is the heater assembly. I've removed the entire assembly. The pic is a close up of the stuck male end of the hose barb. The grooves you see on the inside are from the earlier, attempted removal with the extractor. The question remains, could this possibly be glued in? Now that it is out, I am going to give it another go with the extractor.

I can access the two pictured in the foreground, the two on the other side are hard to reach. I believe I would have to remove the entire controller for that, which I was hoping to avoid. But, it might be coming down to that.

The attached picture shows a box at the rear of the spa controller on my Jacuzzi J-335. You can see in the picture that the plastic barb fitting has broken off inside the black box (lower right). Also pictured is a similar attachment point/port at the top of the black box. Firstly, any help in identifying these parts would be appreciated. Second, I have tried a couple of methods of extraction, but can't remove the remaining, male part of the barb fitting from the lower right port. It is threaded, right? Any tips for removal? Finally, I don't think there was anything attached to the port on top. Would that make sense? I would appreciate any advice in how I might get this back together...or what I should replace to get up and running. This is a J335 spa controller dated 6/3/08. Thanks.

This problem was solved, but secondary problem from freeze has arisen. I will post a new question.

On the wet end of the Emerson pump in my Jacuzzi spa is a freeze plug adapter that threads into the pump. It broke with part of the threaded end still in the pump. What is the best way to remove the part that remains in the pump?