[T3] I miss my Aircooleds in the winter!

[Robert Klein]

Hell ya! Sounds like a cool fix to me. And it's one of those glory stories! I've heard cool fix stories on slant 6 motors. Legendary!

Sent from the desk of Robert Klein 


On Dec 21, 2013, at 7:28 PM, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 12/21/2013 10:19:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> bfye at canyonville.net writes:
> 
> If the block is already toast, then this is a low risk/high reward  idea!
> 
> 
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 7:16 PM, <Bobsnotch at aol.com>  wrote:
> 
>> In a message dated 12/21/2013 9:14:50 P.M. Eastern Standard  Time,
>> topnotch at nycap.rr.com writes:
>> 
>> Unfortunately,  no.  Right thru the block between the side and  the#1
>> cylinder.  Sad really, only 166Kmi on this engine and these  usually  
> last
>> many hundreds of thousands of miles.
> 
> 
> 
> Or maybe round it out some, and use a pipe tap to tap and  plug the hole. 
> Sometimes you have to think outside the box, and being a  t-3 "Darksider", 
> sometimes has it's advantages. ;-)
> 
> Drilling and tapping should be easy, since cast iron is fairly soft. I'd  
> probably try it before I got too far involved with temp fixes. Like you said  
> Keith, we've still got at least 3 more months of winter to go, before the 
> t-3s  can come out and play. :O  
> And yes Brian, I do think it's a low risk/high reward idea. : )
> 
> Bob 65  Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
> 64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
> 71  Square-vert under  construction
> 
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