From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 07/09/2020 12:30 PM, Steve W. wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I am informed that SOME cars have plugs at the other end of the block   
   such that you have to lift the engine to replace them.  How evil is that?   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   For extremely difficult and time-consuming values of 'easy'.  Where does   
   the sand come from and what does it do?  We've been driving old cars   
   (1968-70) for a long time and if we have sand we sure don't know it!   
      
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   Cheers, Bev   
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        before executing them."   
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