Damn water neck!
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: San Diego CA
Damn water neck!
Doesn't it seem the easiest fixes seem to be the most persistent problems?
As per http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=509693
I finally ordered
and a chrome altenator bracket. Too bad the billet altenator bracket doesn't fit my application becuase they look great. Anyway I tried 3 times to get the Spectre chrome water neck to work but under that pretty chrome finish is cheap pot metal that erodes around the O-ring and even with a standard gasket the sealing surface simply erodes away after several months and starts to leak on my polished intake. :nonod:
Racer
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Coventry CT
Re: Damn water neck! (Cali,77,L-82)
those chrome housings never seal. you might want to lay out a peice of sand paper and run the t-stat housing back and forth over it, until it breaks through the chrome, then glue a regular gasket to it using 3m super weatherstrip adhesive. i always use the 3m adhesive on gaskets and i don't get leaks.
hope this helps!
hope this helps!
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St. Jude Donor '09
Re: Damn water neck! (Cali,77,L-82)
A bit pricey, but I bought a billet one about a year ago. I ditched the chrome. :thumbs:
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Le Mans Master
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From: San Diego CA
Re: Damn water neck! (1970 Stingray)
A bit pricey, but I bought a billet one about a year ago. I ditched the chrome. :thumbs:
