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Old Oct 1, 2002 | 02:11 PM
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Plug in engine block?

Anybody ever seen one of these before? I bought this 460 engine from a junk yard. It's an '85, supposedly, and had a broken timing chain. I flipped it over, and saw this on the right side of the block, near the front freeze plug:

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So, what is it? Maybe a rebuilder's warranty device?

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Old Oct 1, 2002 | 06:25 PM
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Plug in engine block?

Yes, I think it fails at a certain temp.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2002 | 06:53 PM
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Plug in engine block?

At one time, I thought those were like the tags on Pillow's,Comforters & the like.




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Old Oct 2, 2002 | 05:22 PM
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Plug in engine block?

It is installed by some rebuilders to tell them whether you overheated the engine - in case you try to return a bad engine under warranty.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2002 | 02:40 PM
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