DOnt forget you anti freeze !

[Stew Robertson]

There is one problem of draining the block on a ford flattie the water pumps are guanteed to leak after being left dry for any period of time
take it from experience

[Michael R.]

The mounting bracket aligns the two extensions tubes from the left and right side drain petcock(s). Once aligned, it allows the coolant to be drained through the single hull opening.

These bits are from an early 1944 build date Canadian Mk. II*, with the standard C81 221 CID engine block.

[Bob Carriere]

Just as a precaution after reading the email......

We checked Rob's HUP and registered only to 10 F ..... so he dosed up the radiator with more full strength green stuff....after taking some of it out and thoroughly conditioned his hands with sweet sticky antifreeze.

Need to check mine tomorrow.

Frosty is only around the corner.

First good snow freezing rain should be this Thursday ....... we have been lucky so far. Ground is not even frozen yet.....moved a traielr today and water puddles are only frozen 1/4 inch with 6 inches of liquid mud underneath.

Cheers.

Bob

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Bob

I was just about to add the Chevys freeze and crack also. Below are some pictures of the original engine out of my Pattern 12. I weld all the cracks up just for fun to see if I could get them all water tight and I did getting the entire water jacket to hold pressure up to about 40 PSI. But I was actually worried about the structural soundness of the engine and replace the whole engine.

Cheers Phil