Re: [Chrysler300] Re: Freeze out plug

[Bill Huff <czbill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

That is sort of news to me.  I haven't had a pre 
'67 B/RB engine apart for over 35 years.  In high 
school I did overhaul (rings and bearings and 
scrape the sludge out of the pan and heads) a 
1958 350 from a DeSoto.  I did replace the freeze 
plugs and as I recall, we just drove them in like 
the regular cupped plugs in the later 
engines.  The image sticks with me 'cause it was 
my first engine disassembly.  Could there have 
been some variances in how the engines were 
made?  Maybe I just drove them in to the stepped 
area and they stuck in spite of that?

Thanks,

Bill Huff

At 4/12/201004:27 PM, richard_e_osborne wrote:
>
>
>
>Bill,
>
>The older B/RB (as well as Hemi) engines have 
>this "step" I believe you are referring to.
>
>The newer B/RB (as well as A and Hemi) engines have the straight thru holes.
>
>Different holes for different plugs.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Richard
>
>--- In 
><mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
>Bill Huff <czbill@...> wrote:
> >
> > They said those were for stepped freeze plug
> > holes. The B/RB engines just have plain holes,
> > did they still work ok? Do the plugs have a
> > flange to keep them from going in too far?
> >
> > I never had a problem with my RB engines,I use
> > hardening Permatex, but I do dread trying to
> > install the dished plugs in my 392. I have heard
> > a lot of horror stories about them popping out.
> >
> > Bill Huff
> >
> > At 4/12/201009:41 AM, Louis M. Barrie wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >Mark - this happened to me and Big Yellow - over 5 years ago on an early
> > >break in run. I used the milled stainless steel plugs from Hot Heads
> > >Research and Racing:
> > >
> > ><<http://www.hothemiheads.com/main_caps/freez 
> e_plugs_stainless.html>http://www.hothemiheads.com/main_caps/freeze_plugs_stainless.html>http://www.hothemiheads.com/main_caps/freeze_plugs_stainless.html
> > ><<http://www.hothemiheads.com/main_caps/freez 
> e_plugs_stainless.html>http://www.hothemiheads.com/main_caps/freeze_plugs_stainless.html>
> > >
> > >Never had a problem since - this is a notorious problem with the 413.
> > >
> > >Louis M. Barrie
> > >West Hills, CA
> > >Home of Big Yellow
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From:
> > ><mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >[mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > >Behalf Of Mark Souders
> > >Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 6:08 PM
> > >To: 
> <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: [Chrysler300] Freeze out plug
> > >
> > >This morning I was driving my 300H and three 
> miles from the house, I pulled
> > >out from a traffic light, and something went POP. Then there was a white
> > >cloud of smoke coming from under the car. I pulled off the highway, opened
> > >the hood and found that a freeze out plug 
> removed itself from the left head.
> > >With the help of a few gallons of water, I nursed it back home. Now I need
> > >to know what size plug goes into that hole, what kind to get, and how do I
> > >install it so that it won't escape again? 
> The FSM is very evasive about this
> > >subject. This plug has been in the head for 8 years and 13,000 miles, not
> > >rusted out, the whole plug is gone, and the paint is chipped off the upper
> > >control arm. I'm glad it didn't happen a few hundred miles earlier, when I
> > >was in Myrtle Beach!
> > >
> > >Thanks for the help,
> > >
> > >Mark Souders
> > >300H
> > >Mohrsville, PA
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>


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