None of us really need freeze plugs unless you store your car in an unheated
garage with water in it. I use screws around the edge to retain everything,
topped with a nice coating of JB weld over a new plug. End of problem.
-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces+billb=bnj.com@autox.team.net on behalf of Joe Boruch
Sent: Fri 9/28/2007 7:06 PM
To: budscars@msn.com
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] What came first - the head gasket or the freeze plug????
I lost a freeze plug on my Spitfire years ago and more recently had one
leaking on a head that I rebuilt for my TR3. Both were plugs that were in
place for years. From now on, I will replace them as part of the build up,
so
that I know what I have.
With my Spitfire I drilled and tapped 4-40 screws next to the freeze plug as
a
little more insurance to retain the plug. Joe(B)
-- "RACER BUD" <budscars@msn.com> wrote:
Hi Jay....I don't know what TR you are racing, ..I have a new engine in my
Spitfire....and the new freeze plugs are leaking..without even being on the
track.....I've been told that now that the blocks are getting old, that
putting a sealer in the water system is a normal thing ?
I could use some input here too.
Thanks
Racer Bud
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Creel" <jaxonracing@yahoo.com>
To: "greg" <gtlund@cyberspeedway.net>; "FOT LIST" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 6:36 PM
Subject: [Fot] What came first - the head gasket or the freeze plug????
> While racing today at LRP, I lost the head gasket. Brand new motor, only
> 2 sessions of time on it. Upon inspection, the rear freezeplug had "left
> the building". So my question is this, is it more likely the gasket
> failure caused the freezeplug to go or the other way around?
>
> This motor was brand new, and it was put together (dad and myself)
> effectively. This motor doesn't leak and it has power so why would the
> gasket go so quickly? This is why I am leaning towards the freezeplug as
> the cause and the gasket as the effect....
>
> Thoughts...
>
> Thanks
> Jay
>
>
>
>
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