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<DIV><FONT size=2>Even if you remove the radiator altogether the block is still
half full of old coolant, and removing the water pump doesn't get much more
out. Remember the original poster was asking how to get the bad coolant
out. </FONT><FONT size=2>Having a drain point on the rad is convenient for
a simple drain and refill, but that's all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>You can drain a roadster cleanly without that by shoving a
piece of card under the hose and past the cross-member over a bowl, slacken the
hose clip and push it right back, then push a blunt screwdriver up between hose
and rad port. It only trickles out, but I leave it to do that while I
get on with the next phase of the job.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I'd be surprised if the later engines didn't have the drain
plug (replaced the tap a long time before that) below and to the right of the
oil gauge connection, but try as I might with stiff wire I didn't get any more
than a rusty dampness below it. Frequently clogged with casting sand, some
have had to 'chisel' it out with rods after removing the head.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>PaulH.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>On my '76B, with '77 engine, there is no drain valve. You have to
pull the lowest radiator hose off the water pump to drain the coolant. It's a
mess. Need a really wide pan on the ground underneath, and even then it tends
to run along the front crossmember and steering rack and make a
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