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valiant171
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I am finally going to pull my motor this week because of the lack of mine able to hold water...It is just the plugs, any tips or tricks?
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75Dart440
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While I had my 440 out and sitting on the floor, I pulled each core plug out of the block and flushed with high pressure water while using a piece of coat hanger to scrape around inside the bottoms of the water jackets to loosen up any rust or sediment.
I use permatex gask-a-cinch (or whatever it is called) around the opening in the block as well as the edge of the core plug and pound it in with an appropriate sized socket.
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1975 Dodge Dart Sport - 440
2000 Dodge Ram 1500 QC 4x4
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440WIP
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I always use brass plugs and stake them in.
Daryl
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valiant171
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I did pony up the extra 2 bucks for brass  why would people buy steel? So it is as pretty much strait forward as i thought, thanks Can i drive them in too far or do they just stop? |
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jbarker
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Yes, you can pound them in too far. If you do, you'll drop in into the block and will ruin the core plug trying to get it back out. Not a big deal, but then you need another plug. I pounded mine in until the edge was about 1/16" past the outermost part of the hole in the block.
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