Sorry Tom, this one is a DPO bodge not factory. The original plugs were
steel and usually were not a problem unless the engine was in major
distress.
I'm afraid that the only way to fix this one is going to be pulling the
motor unless you can wheedle another rubber plug in there (doubtful)
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Boes [mailto:tjmga@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 4:02 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Freeze Plug
>
>
> I own a 73 MGB and I lost the soft plug at the rear of the
> block. It looks
> like a generic replacement plug as it has a rubber disc
> sandwiched between 2
> steel discs, the rubber is compressed by tightening a nut on
> a stud. Is
> there any advice out there on how to remove the plug from
> between the block
> and the steel plate without seperating the engine from the
> transmission.
> The hole in the plate is smaller than the plug and with the
> stud and nut it
> is too thick to slide between the block and plate. I have to
> ask; with this
> type of engineering is this why there was no 1981 MG?
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