[Fot] Engine Plug Sizes, oil press pickup

[Bill Babcock]

I do this on all my engines. Peyote originally had a feed to a modified rear
freeze plug but Tony Garmey converted it to the rear head port.
On Dec 22, 2009, at 7:13 PM, Tony Drews wrote:

> In Jack's latest engine iteration he ran a pipe from the water pump to the
hole at the rear of the head.
>
> - Tony
>
> At 09:38 PM 12/22/2009, n197tr4 at cs.com wrote:
>> Interesting.  I have always blocked this off and dont ever remember seeing
any
>> nipples and hoses on any body else's car.
>>
>> Ed, did you call today?........
>>
>> Joe A
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard at prodigy.net>
>> To: steve <colordog.1 at earthlink.net>; FOT <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 9:16 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Engine Plug Sizes, oil press pickup
>>
>>
>> Steve:
>> do not block the heater valve port off. I have found that if you block
that
>> ort with a plug it restricts the flow of water through and around cylinders
3
>> nd 4. I normally insert a fitting with a nipple, and attach a short piece
of
>> ose routed to the heater pipe on the left side of the engine which comes
from
>> he water pump housing. On street cars I tell my customers to leave the
heater
>> alve cracked to aid in the flow of H2O around 3 and 4.
>> hat is the lists take on this?
>> Ed-
>> --- On Tue, 12/22/09, steve <colordog.1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> rom: steve <colordog.1 at earthlink.net>
>> ubject: Re: [Fot] Engine Plug Sizes, oil press pickup
>> o: "steve" <colordog.1 at earthlink.net>, "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>
>> ate: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 2:17 PM
>>
>> ops, sorry about the typos.  The heater pipe hasn't screwed anything as
far
>> s I know!!!
>> I need a plug to block off the heater pipe hole atop the head. :)
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: steve <colordog.1 at earthlink.net>
>> Sent: Dec 22, 2009 11:40 AM
>> To: FOT <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: [Fot] Engine Plug Sizes, oil press pickup
>>
>> FOT,
>>
>> What sizes are the following plugs for the TR3/4 engine:
>>
>> 1, top of Cyl Head where heater pipe screwed it.
>>
>> 2,  Manifold side of engine block to drain H2o.
>>
>>
>> Also, on your cars, where do you pick up the oil pressure for the pressure
>> auge?
>>
>>
>>
>> ~Steve
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