[Shop-talk] ford 3.0L v-6 water pump heater hose fitting

[Dave Cavanaugh]

That's a big standby generator.  What are you powering, a dairy?

I kind of like the plug idea; you can get expandable rubber plugs, but 
I'm not sure how they would hold up over time.  How about the wooden 
plug idea, only slightly less OD than a drive-in fit, coated with JB 
Weld (not Quik)?

Or if you can find a copper sweat cap fitting the correct size to slip 
over the pipe and solder it on.

On 8/1/2016 8:59 AM, john niolon wrote:
> Hi Guys... got a Generac 30kw standby generator... it has a ford v-6 
> 3.0 engine.  The water pump has a heater hose outlet pipe... typical 
> metal pipe with a bubble flare at the hose end where you clamp on the 
> heater hose.. since the generator has no heater this fitting has a 
> rubber cap held on by a screw clamp... every couple of years this cap 
> deteriorates and either sprays antifreeze every dang where or just 
> seeps till the coolant level is below the sensor and the generator 
> will not run (no/low coolant fault).. the metal fitting seems to be 
> press fit into the water pump (no obvious threads or hex fitting to 
> screw it out.  I don’t want to screw it up and it cost me a new water 
> pump...
> the question... is there another way to seal this metal fitting 
> permanently instead of the cap that deteriorates ?? something plastic 
> or metal that can stand the heat and vibration and not leak  I’m about 
> ready to drive a wooden plug in it !!!  somebody has got to make 
> something that will work...
> shop content... it keeps the lights on in my shop when it’s running 
> (and not leaking antifreeze)
> thanks
> John
>
>
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