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Re: freeze plug saga

To: "Bill Miller" <millerb@ivwnet.com>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: freeze plug saga
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 22:11:28 -0400
A couple of years ago, a couple of freeze plugs on my block rusted
through and started leaking.  Nigel of SpitBits warned me that the
replacements found in parts stored tended to be too small.  I bought
the ones he had; they went in tight enough, and have given me no
trouble.

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

At 12:42 PM 5/18/02, you wrote:

>What do I do?  Put in a new freeze plug and hope for the best?  Replace all
>the freeze plugs?  Pull the head and have it checked again?  I was planning
>on driving this to the Mid-Ohio event in June, but am now having serious
>thoughts about going. It would be a 250+ mile drive and 5-6 hours.
>
>What in the world could cause this to happen?

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