steel tubes in waterpump housing
#1
Melting Slicks
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steel tubes in waterpump housing
How are the steel tubes put in the aluminium water pump housing? Motor is ls6 C5Z06
Swagged in? Screwed in? I want to close off these heat ports. Racecar needs no heater.
Swagged in? Screwed in? I want to close off these heat ports. Racecar needs no heater.
#4
Racer
They are press-fit with adhesive.
They come out very easily: get some large clamping pliers on them and they will twist out. Best part: the holes that remain in the pump housing are perfectly sized for pipe threads. Get some nice 3/8 and 1/2 NPT taps, tap 'em and plug 'em.
No sweat. 2 hour job, max. Be careful not to over-tap.
They come out very easily: get some large clamping pliers on them and they will twist out. Best part: the holes that remain in the pump housing are perfectly sized for pipe threads. Get some nice 3/8 and 1/2 NPT taps, tap 'em and plug 'em.
No sweat. 2 hour job, max. Be careful not to over-tap.
Last edited by parsonsj; 06-05-2016 at 03:46 PM.
#8
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
This post to confirm Parsons is correct and thank you to him too.
Fittings are indeed 3/8 and 1/2 npt or MIP. Holes in WP are indeed ready to tap with 3/8 and 1/2 taps which home depot and lowe's do not carry. But you can get the taps as a set of 6 at "Harbor Freight and tool" for about 15 bucks link below! I had trouble getting pipes out with heat. The easy way is to heat the pipes and just crush them with big pliers and rip them out. That did not work on one pipe which I had to cut nearly flush to the WP housing then use a dremel tool to slice 1 side of the pipe as it sat in the WP. Then I bent the remaining pipe out with a screw driver and tore the little bugger out easy like how a dentist rips out a tooth.
http://www.harborfreight.com/pipe-ta...-pc-69877.html
Fittings are indeed 3/8 and 1/2 npt or MIP. Holes in WP are indeed ready to tap with 3/8 and 1/2 taps which home depot and lowe's do not carry. But you can get the taps as a set of 6 at "Harbor Freight and tool" for about 15 bucks link below! I had trouble getting pipes out with heat. The easy way is to heat the pipes and just crush them with big pliers and rip them out. That did not work on one pipe which I had to cut nearly flush to the WP housing then use a dremel tool to slice 1 side of the pipe as it sat in the WP. Then I bent the remaining pipe out with a screw driver and tore the little bugger out easy like how a dentist rips out a tooth.
http://www.harborfreight.com/pipe-ta...-pc-69877.html
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Drifting
#11
Melting Slicks
No hose to pop and the nipples won't come out(yes I have seen this happen and it's ugly on track when it does).
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Melting Slicks
Last edited by KENS80V; 07-07-2016 at 04:53 PM.