Petcock ?s
 

Bought a new petcocok at autozone. I had trouble getting old one out so I never did and left it.

How can I get it out without messing up the threads on the hole?

Also, why is it called a Petcock?

If it won't come out I would not mess with it. The risks are greater than the gain. Just leave it.

O.K. I just thought it would drain better than pulling bottom of rad hose. When I pull bottom rad hose it just kind of explodes everywhere!

I'm not touching that one..........


But, I agree with not fooling with it unless you are prepared to go to the radiator shop if it goes wrong. If it breaks off you are going to have to do the big lower-hose splash thing anyway.

Maybe this is just my day. I went out there, jacked up the truck, put new clean bucket under and the petcock worked like it should! The day isn't over yet.

Petcock is the Male distinction.:-missingt

Taken from the website = http://www.word-detective.com/index.html
"Petcock" is actually a relatively new word, first appearing in the mid-19th century, but several aspects of its derivation are somewhat mysterious. The "pet" part seems to be rooted in an old sense of "pet" meaning "small," possibly related to our modern "petty," in turn harking back to the French "petit" (small), which all makes sense since a "petcock" is, as we noted, a small faucet. The "cock" part is more problematic. My own sense is that it is probably rooted in the verb "to cock," meaning "to turn up" (as in "cocking one's hat") or "to block," drawn from the defiant behavior of roosters. Whatever the logic of the term, "cock" has been used to mean "spout or faucet" since the 15th century, and is also found in the word "stopcock," which also means a small adjustable faucet.

And i always thought it was one of them action words. Hmm, go figure!

Westtntrucker:

Some how you just took the humor away fron the original question, But..........Thank you for that indepth explaination. That is now two (2) things that I have learned in as many days.

Petcock will be right up there with RTV.

Hmmmm I wonder what they call the female cockroach????:-missingt

Rog