Roland Dudley writes:
> My objection to them [cable ties] as boot clamps is as stated in my
> original message. They're chintzy looking.
Chintzy looking?!? I'll have you know that I've had several
compliments on my boot clamps. In fact, car show judges have even
added *extra* points to my score because of them! KNOT! Then again
cable ties are superior to bailing wire (the original clamp on the
TR6). I guess I'll just have to buy a snake so that I can have "real"
boot clamps. I'm sure my wife will understand this logic perfectly...
"But honey, our car has chintzy boot clamps! We have to buy *another*
car! Roland said so..." :-) :-) :-)
> Also, flush out the old coolant and put in new. Apparently something
> in the coolant becomes corrosive after a while and eats up these plugs.
I've heard this too. In fact, I know of a story where the freeze
plugs didn't work (don't we all?). The block froze and cracked. The
only thing I can think of is that the plugs rusted to the block. We
all know that rust IS stronger than cast iron... My point is, if you
are doing a rebuild, always replace the plugs in the block and the
head. I didn't know this when I rebuilt my engine, but my machine
shop put the new plugs in without me even asking, and no charge. When
I got the block back, it had these round shiny things all over it. I
guess they knew better.
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