[AT] 430V Freeze plug

[Thomas Martin]

Whereas I've seen six cylinder engine blocks split from one end to the other, with 4 cores plugs intact

within 1/2". As they say, your mileage may vary, especially between newer as against older.

I would never advise anyone to rely the plugs to avert frost damage...

Tom


> On 03 February 2020 at 09:50 Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com mailto:spencer at rdfarms.com > wrote:
> 
> 
>     True, but they often pop out and save the block if the water jacket freezes. Hence the name stuck. Nothing wrong with it in my book.
> 
>     Napa did have one proper sized “core plug” and I was able to install this afternoon. Got some farm chores and a Super Bowl so not getting coolant in the tractor today but maybe tomorrow I’ll fill it and take it for spin and get it good and hot.
> 
> 
> 
>     Sent from my iPhone
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>         > > On Feb 2, 2020, at 3:30 PM, Thomas Martin <tmartin at xtra.co.nz mailto:tmartin at xtra.co.nz > wrote:
> > 
> >         Why do people persist in calling them freeze plugs?
> >         The proper nomenclature is core plugs. Why? Because they close the apertures
> >         in the cast block, which enable the cores to be removed, after casting.
> >         That's why wet sleeve engine blocks have none.
> > 
> >         Tom
> > 
> >             > > > On 03 February 2020 at 07:46 James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com mailto:jamesgpeck at hotmail.com > wrote:
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> > > 
> > >             Last weeping freeze plug I had was on the firewall side of a transverse engine. Those antique tractors do not hide the freeze plugs as much.
> > > 
> > >             Spencer Yost AT List Owner (spencer at rdfarms.com mailto:spencer at rdfarms.com ); <snip> So I started on the replacement of the leaking freeze plug last night. Drained the radiator and the block. The block was draining heavily rusted water the last few inches <snap>
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