[TR] cleaning cooling system

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In a message dated 3/11/2008 7:53:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tom628 at verizon.net writes:

I have the radiator out of our '76 TR6 for installation of an electric  
cooling fan, and I'd like to flush the block based on the rusty stuff that  
came out of the radiator.
There's a large hex-head bolt or plug on the  starter side of the block 
toward the rear. Is that a block drain  plug?


==AM==
Yes!
==AM==

If so, can the block be flushed adequetly w/o removing that plug?  (looks 
like it's a bear to get at).
 
==AM==
No! Remove it, and then be prepared to probe around in that hole with a  
stiff wire or small screwdriver to loosen up what likely is many years' worth  of 
crud deposits. Keep going once water starts to flow...until it really,  REALLY 
gushes out of there.



 
 
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