[AT] Freeze plugs

[Jim Becker]

I do it a little differently.

Clean the bore.
Make sure the outer edge of the plug is smooth (no point installing a 
defective plug).
Apply a small amount of sealer (like Permatex #2) into bottom of the bore 
(right in the corner where the plug rests).
Set the plug in place.
Place a blunt object dead center of the plug (like the peen end of a ball 
peen hammer).
Give the other end of the blunt object a good whack with a hammer.

My dad didn't use the intermediate blunt object and directly hit the plug 
with a hammer.  My aim isn't that good.

I haven't done a great number of them.  So I make no claims of reliability 
of the method.

Jim Becker

-----Original Message----- 
From: Spencer Yost
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2019 9:09 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: [AT] Freeze plugs

So lining up the list of things I need to work on this winter. I may have 
mentioned the throttle linkage on my Ford, but that turned out to be a very 
minor thing. So that is off the list.

However a new freeze plug is in order for the John Deere 430V. One of the 
freeze plugs on the engine showed evidence of leaking in the past, but was 
not leaking when I got it.

After putting it through its paces this year raking hay and what not it is 
now leaking. I must admit I do not have a 100% success rate with freeze plug 
installation.

My procedure is to make sure the bore is clean with a little bit of Emery 
cloth and then I put copper head gasket sealant around the outside edge of 
the freeze plug. I then press using the a socket or something that will find 
purchase on the very outer rim of the freeze plug. This procedure works 
virtually all of the time but have had a couple seep.

What is everyone else’s procedure?

Spencer

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