Misinformed attempt at sacrificial anode? John
Barnhart, Christopher wrote:
> While dismantling the cylinder head of my 69 B the other day I noticed what
> appeared to be a 16p nail in the water jacket on the thermostat housing
> side. I managed to pull it out bit by bit through the water ports. It
> looks like it was about 7 inches long. About 5 inches is 1/8 inch round, the
> remaining 2 inches are about 1/2 inch round. Appears to be cast iron, as it
> is pretty brittle. Looks like it was in there for 30 years, too. Seems to
> be too long to be dropped in there by the PO. I suspect it was used to hold
> an sand core during the casting process. Any ideas? (Boy, this would
> have been a hard noise to track down)
>
> Chris
> '69B (now with odd bits out of it's 'ead)
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