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Originally Posted by Budman II
(Post 3922736)
Thanks Mark - yes, I think tapping it is out of the question at this point. Not really too keen on pulling the whole shortblock apart again to tap the thing. I have seen plenty of others on here who have it blocked with a freeze plug. (I think I recall reading about someone who pulled apart a shortblock that had it blocked with a coin!) I think using some Loctite and staking it should keep it from going anywhere. Not much more than that holding the factory bypass in place. I might give Eddie a call later this morning to see if he might have a part number and a source for the plugs he is using. The biggest pain might be finding someone to turn it down shorter for me in a lathe. Still trying to picture how you would hold onto something so thin to run it up against a belt sander to sand down the depth, but I don't pretend to be a machinist!
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Just take a 1" paddle bit and drill a shallow hole in a board the depth you want the freeze plug to be and use that to hold the freeze plug against a belt sander.
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Originally Posted by 1 MAIDEN AMERICA
(Post 3922743)
Just use you fingers to hold it. After a bit it'll stick to the melted flesh.
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Originally Posted by ThisIsLivin
(Post 3922829)
Just take a 1" paddle bit and drill a shallow hole in a board the depth you want the freeze plug to be and use that to hold the freeze plug against a belt sander.
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I just measured the plugs. The 20mm plug has a diameter of .800 and the 13/16" is .815. You can see that there is quite a bit of difference. It just so happens that the 13/16" plugs that I have are deeper than the 20mm. They are offered in different depths but my supplier only had these.
Here are a few pics of them side by side. The 20mm is on the right. I also attached a pic of one that is plugged with a 1/2" NPT pipe plug. That doesn't sound like an option for you if the shortblock is already assembled. Send me your address and I will be glad to send you a plug. I'll cut it down first so all you will have to do is drive it in. Eddie |
Got your PM Budman. I cut a plug down today and have it ready to ship to you. I'll send it out tomorrow.
Let me know if you need anything else or if I can help in any way. Eddie |
Plug it! Just make sure to run a large high flow filter along with allowing oil temps to stabilize before WOT runs.
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Originally Posted by Ryan00TJ
(Post 3923324)
Plug it! Just make sure to run a large high flow filter along with allowing oil temps to stabilize before WOT runs.
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This is the only thing I didn't do to my block. Hope it doesn't come back to haunt me.
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Originally Posted by cp5899
(Post 3923390)
This is the only thing I didn't do to my block. Hope it doesn't come back to haunt me.
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