Flathead V8 Welch Plugs

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi Keefy - snigger, snigger, sorry. At least you managed to get the water pumps out of the block. A lot of people are not aware of the holding bolt that is accessed through the bottom outlet. These can be a real bugger as often the bolt head is corroded. Now if you need new pumps, Mike Davidson here has them. Alternately in the part's suppliers section of this forum I have posted prices for the rebuild kits.

Didn't your welch plug supplier have any brass ones?

BTW, don't you want to link my 2004 thread to this one?

Bob

That bolt in the hole is SUCH a bad idea, although having said that I haven't yet been defeated by one. This engine came close though with a corroded head. I had to hammer on a metric socket which did the trick.

The supplier didn't have any brass ones, so I thought this was a better option than no-more-gaps

Yes, I'd like to merge the threads but I can't seem to make it work.