From: csr684@NOTyahoo.com   
      
   The Real Bev wrote:   
   > On 07/09/2020 05:38 AM, synthius2002@yahoo.com wrote:   
   >> I won't remember the details clearly by my '70 chevy lost a "freeze   
   >> plug" in the winter 'cuz my antifreeze measure was faulty. I do   
   >> remember desperately pouring water in, that had ice in it. The   
   >> miracle was somebody telling of a shop that would fix it. I drove,   
   >> stopping every mile or so when it overheated and poured more water   
   >> in. they fixed it just fine and I got to use it for some years   
   >> after.   
   >>   
   >> Now, "freeze plug" is not what it was designed as, it was a lucky   
   >> accident from the block casting process.   
   >   
   > Takes me back...   
   >   
   > Four months pregnant and one of mine blew.  Yeah, like we need those in   
   > SoCal.  For a while I could use the car by filling it up at home,   
   > driving to work, filling it up at work and driving home.  Ultimately I   
   > crawled under the 1950 Chevy and replaced the STEEL freeze plug with a   
   > brass one.  Fortunately only one went bad.   
   >   
   > It would have killed GM to use brass in the first place?  Do they still   
   > use them at all?   
   >   
      
   Yep, pretty much every engine still has core plugs in the block and   
   head(s). The only easy way to get the sand out of the water jacket   
   areas. The ones that don't have them are normally engines that use wet   
   sleeves like diesels and large engines that have hatches into the block.   
      
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   Steve W.   
      
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