[DML] Re: Mystery Coolant leak found

["dmc_5180" <dmc_5180@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

I am curious why you would install the freeze plugs in backwards from the factory. I 
usaually reserve that method for saucer shaped welch plugs that don't have cupped sides.

What I rely wondered was if it was possible too accidently knock the old plug into the 
water jacket. Is their a step in the hole to prevent this?

Dennis


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
>
> The way I do it is to just punch through it in the center with an awl
> and then work it back and forth till it pops out. The important part
> here is not to damage the sides of the hole in the block in any way.
> To reinstall, make sure the sides of the hole are clean and smooth,
> lay in a bead of silicone, and put the plug in convex side out. It
> should fit tightly in the hole so tap it in evenly all around till it
> bottoms. NOW hit it in the center to slightly expand it.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757 
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Warren Wallingford <warren@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> > We have those.  They're part number 102160, $0.67 each.  The way I was 
> > taught to remove them, back before electricity, was to drill a hole in 
> > the middle of the leaky plug, run an appropriate-size sheet metal sc
>









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