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Old Sep 23, 2002 | 08:42 AM
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Rusty freeze plugs

I never had this happen before; my '72 302 sprung a major coolant leak on the weekend. Turned out one of the frost plugs was rusted away...I could stick a screw driver right through it. Of course it was the one right behind the engine mount. Anyways all I could get on sunday was a replacement block heater so I put that in the hole so now I have a spare block heater...or dual block heaters.

Guess I'll have to replace them all...maybe over the winter when the truck is not being used.

Has anyone had a similar experience?
 
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Old Sep 23, 2002 | 08:03 PM
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Rusty freeze plugs

I have seen this before. Go with the brass ones. There is also a rubber expanding plug that will get you by, don't know how long they are supposed to last.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2002 | 08:45 PM
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