Re: freeze plugs: how to install?

[thescirocco@juno.com]

Scott Williams <sfwilliams@home.com> writes:
> Hey, I'm trying to install what I think is a freeze plug in the front 
> of the Warpig's engine block. How do I get this thing in there? It is a
> 35mm diameter disk that looks sorta like a huge bottlecap. -freeze 
> plug,  right?
Yeah, that's how I would do it...

> Anyway, whacking it with a hammer or hammer + large socket 
> makes it slip around in the hole and then pop out. The tolerance
obviously 
> has to be extremely tight so what's the patent method for installation?
What size socket are you using? I'd use a 30 mm, if it will fit the
freeze plug...
Or another size that fits snugly inside the freeze plug, that way it is
easier to make it go straight in.

Peter
'79 Scirocco 16V project car
'84 Scirocco 2.0L
'83 GTI 
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