If you have your block "boiled out" the freeze plugs should be removed.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "dtn" <noji-1@pacbell.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: Dana's new rebuild
> Fred,
>
> Did use non-detergent oil. The engine has started and will run. There
was a
> conversation the other day about freeze plugs. The person that was
helping me
> with the rebuild had a bit of the "let sleeping dogs lie" philosophy. The
freeze
> plugs looked go so we didn't change them. Mistake. After starting the
engine
> had a leak beneath the carbs. At first I was afraid the head or manifold
gasket
> had a leak. Ended up that it was the freeze plug.
>
> Pulled the engine again and put in a new set of plugs. Most were easy
except the
> rear plug and behind the flywheel and the rear plug on the drivers side.
The
> hole near the freeze plug is very close to a cylinder and doesn't allow
for the
> plug to rotate for easy removal and the rear plug on the drivers side has
a
> cupped hole which doesn't allow for rotation.
>
> Hoping to be ready for Shasta,
>
> Dana
>
> JOHNSOF@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hey, Dana, I hope you remembered to use non-detergent oil in your "new"
> > engine. The rings will seat better that way. You can change after 500
miles
> > or so, according to what I've read.
> >
> > I wonder if that's why every Ford company car I had (and my truck, too)
all
> > burn a quart every 1500 miles? Maybe the rings never seat right, or
maybe
> > they're chromed or something.
> >
> > Fred J.
> > '69 SRL with engine reassembly starting soon!
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