[Spridgets] stupid 1275 head issue

Rick Fisk refisk at chartermi.net
Sat Jul 30 20:44:05 MDT 2016


I believe all 1275 heads had this plug from the factory.  The guys on the MG Experience forum all recommend removing the old plug, threading the hole, and then installing a tapered brass plug available at any hardware store.  Then you skim the head.  

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> On Jul 26, 2016, at 5:52 PM, Mike Rambour via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Ok, I am finalizing my 1275 build and found that I did not have a head gasket leak, what I had was a stupid bronze/brass plug between the #2 and #3 cylinders that is a tiny bit recessed and also leaking.  When I soaked the head in the solvent tank, I could see solvent oozing past the plug so it needs to be replaced.
> 
> I have never seen a head with a plug, my first thought is that it was butchered by previous owner(s) but i have been googling and found it was common on the 1275's which explains why I never saw one, this is my first 1275.
> 
> So what is the best repair ? I can get it out and machine a new one to press in, that won't be a problem but I foresee the same problem in the future.  I would be scared to try taking it out and threading the head myself and I think I would send it out for the threading part or is it pretty easy ?  I read on one web site where the guy drove a screw through the plug all the way through to the other side of the water jacket (not through the jacket just touching it) to keep it from recessing again.  I would not do that but could easily machine a plug with "stub" on it that would rest on the water jacket to keep it from recessing again.  I have a lathe and mill but I am not a machinist, I tend to make more shavings than usable parts, I don't mind making a plug and skimming the head but threading cast iron myself seems like asking for trouble, but maybe its not if the head is thick enough.
> 
>  Mike
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