"B" Series Beware

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

I hear you Richard, I'm still flushing after two years, think I have a bottomless supply of red crud.
Rich,

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

I hear you Richard, I'm still flushing after two years, think I have a bottomless supply of red crud.
Rich,

So I see !

Last year I had to restore a jeep which had been laying in a museum for many years, but prior to that, had been driven from India to the UK. When I went to survey it initially, the warning signs were stains all over the engine compartment. It was unbelievable the amount of scale, sludge, etc that I had out of the engine, mind you, had to strip it out and turn upside down, the rad was severely blocked as well. My suspicions that it had been filled with ditch water during its travels were confirmed as apparantly it suffered overheating problems in India and a failed waterpump in Iran.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Surprised you did not find a few yabbies in the bottom of the radiator as well.
The point you make about the welch plug is a valid one. It's just that you expect them to rot out eventually, while those nice big plates on the "B"'s look so solid, and lets face it, I did'nt know what they were for, until the first one failed. Hence my warning for those new to these beasties. Hmmmm Are there any plates I have'nt mentioned? 'cause that means I don't know about them, and I probably need to...
Rich.