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Thank you all for your responses. Good news, I got the reducer brass plug removed using the cutting and chiseling method. No damage to the cast iron threads. I misspoke on the size on my initial post. I believe the ID of the female cast iron pipe it 1-1/2'' and the ID on the reduced side is...

Thanks Sylvan. I've tried tightening it too, but it won't budge. So I understand, are you suggesting to cut right behind the protruding brass plug flush with the threads. This would leave 1/4"-1/2" of the threads remaining sticking out of the wall. Then I would take a dremel or similar tool...

I am helping my parents remove an old bathroom faucet in their 1962 built home. Unfortunately, I am unable to remove a brass 1-1/2" female to 2" male NPT from the wall where the waste water exits the trap. I believe it ties into a cast iron "T" in the wall. The fit is tight in this small...