quote:Originally posted by Bosswrench:
Now for your next 'Mission Impossible', grab that disgustingly corroded sheet metal heater hose bib above the drilled out bolt, with the biggest pair of Vice-Grips you own and rip it out before it breaks at speed! Those outlets are consumable items every few years unless you tap the block for a pipe thread (almost impossible in the car), or talk Marlin Jack the machinist into making you a thickwalled stainless steel outlet that pounds into the stock block hole.
I would be More than Happy to take on another project for Us Pantera Owners!! I can Machine these Hose 'Barbs' out of Solid Stainless Steel Bar. They will have a Super Thick Wall. and will Hammer in tight as the original. They will last a 'LifeTime'!! My Life anyway! The cost of Steel and My Time? $25. (The Shipping is always FREE!) PM Me if You would like to have One Custom Machined for Your Engine.
Thank-You!
Marlin
FOR Angelo B.!!
The way to get that frozen plug out! Is to hit it with a Sledge Hammer, Inward and Side To Side; Up and Down a few times. This 'Streches' the Thread Diameter and loosens it up.
If That doesn't work, Then Heat it (The Plug ONLY) up with an O/A Torch. Careful Not to overheat the Cast Iron or You'll Crack it!! If You don't have a Oxy/Acetylene Torch, then use a Propane Torch and get the Plug Hot! When it Cools Completely Down, it will come right out! We do this everyday down at the Shop.
You do NOT want to put the Temp Sender into the Waterpump, because under conditions of Cavitation It will be Reading the Air Temperature and will Deliver a False Reading to the Gauge!