[T3] I miss my Aircooleds in the winter!

[Keith Park]

Well Ive been thinking, it's a long hole, a plug wont fit in it and the
surrounds are very thin, almost like sheetmetal.  I don't think a plug will
work BUT, if I can drill and cap cast, this area is very flat behind the
timing belt, Hmm, sandblast the rust off (and find other holes) POR 15 the
Sandblasted metal, then screw a flat piece of stainless over the hole, and
with plenty of RTV between the two so long as the fit is good I think I have
a good repair, the key will be finding the right place to drill and tap.  #1
cyl is right behind there, no gap really so Im gonna havta be careful but as
Brian says...  What do I have to lose?

I cant do this till spring though as I cant even get to the sandblaster now
but the wad of RTV held yesterday, keep my fingers crossed!

Or weld some fins around the outside of the motor and install a BIG fan!

Keith


Top Notch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com 
http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
71 Squareback "Hothe"
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
87 golf "Winterat"
93 RX7 "Redstur"

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Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 10:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [T3] I miss my Aircooleds in the winter!

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.
 
 
I wonder if you couldn't grind the hole a little bit bigger, and use a  
smaller expansion plug (small rubber freeze plug) to fill the hole. 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. ;-)  

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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