Coolant Leak
Burning Brakes
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From: Same as our leaders Out of my mind
If you can not see the source it may be a freeze plug at the back of the engine block. The trans has to be dropped to get at it. Cost of freeze plug - negligible - a buck or two, cost of labor to drop trans and install said plug, well that is another story...
Good luck!
Safety Car
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From: Beecher Illinois
Originally Posted by markdtn
Also could be coming off the back of the intake.
Mike
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From: SAN DIEGO(SANTEE) CA.
Originally Posted by bmankin
Y'all were right. It was a freeze plug. Machine Shop said they would come to the house and replace it. Engine was done about two years ago. How about that for service?
Now that's what I call "customer service".Put his name and number up on the site for people to see in case someone else in your area needs some work from a great shop like that.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Unreconstructed, South Carolina
? rubber or metal freeze plug ?
Service sounds almost too good to be true! Are they gonna replace it with a metal one that's a drive-in fit like what's probably in there (correct but difficult to do in car) ... or ... with a rubber&steel type that tightens with a wrench (cheap & MUCH easier to do)?
Originally Posted by bmankin
Y'all were right. It was a freeze plug. Machine Shop said they would come to the house and replace it. Engine was done about two years ago. How about that for service?
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Joined: Sep 2004
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From: TN
Said he would only use a drive-in. Neal's Cylinder Heads in Murfreesboro, TN. Its a father and Son operation. They mainly stay busy on racing engines. They have only been here for a couple of years. I just stopped in when I started my project and really felt good about the place. He talked me out of a couple of things I thought were "necessary" that he could have easily profited off of.
