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: 12pt;">A friend did a roadside repair on my car with one of those rubber =
plugs 30 years ago. It=E2=80=99s still in there.</span></span>
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On 10/09/2020 1:51 PM Cliff Hansen <cliff_hansen@outlook.com> wro=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I=E2=80=99m guessing you can get the old freeze =
plug out with a long drift and pair of right-angle pliers. Installing=
the new plug, though=E2=80=A6 10=E2=80=9D isn=E2=80=99t much room to swing=
a hammer to drive in a new plug with a socket. Hard to hit it square with =
any force. Maybe make a press with two plates and a piece of all thre=
ad? Push against the firewall to press the plug into place?</p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">There are rubber freeze plugs with a hex nut tha=
t turns to expand the plug to fill the hole.</p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Good luck with the repair.</p>
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rom: </strong><a href=3D"mailto:billbrewer59@yahoo.com";>Bill Brewer</a><br>=
<strong>Sent: </strong>Friday, October 9, 2020 11:24 AM<br><strong>To: </st=
rong><a href=3D"mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net";>Triumphs List</a><br><stron=
g>Subject: </strong>[TR] TR Head Freeze Plug</p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> So I have a 1953 Morgan=
with an original Standard Vanguard engine. The engine is very similar to a=
TR3 engine. It recently blew a head gasket and overheated. I had the head =
resurfaced and bolted it all back together, started it up and discovered th=
at the freeze plug at the back of the head is leaking now. Dang! Wish that =
I had thought about that before reassembling... On the Morgan the freeze pl=
ug is about 10=E2=80=9D away from the firewall and not as close as it is on=
a TR3. I do not want to pull the head again. Any known tricks on how to ge=
t the old plug out and the new plug in without removing the head?</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> TIA,</p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> -Bill Brewer</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> Morro Bay, CA</p>
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