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The freeze plugs on my 1950 216 cubic inch chevy seem impossible to get out . after twisting cutting and turning i thought this cant be right almost seems like they are part of the engine block .i then forced a new plug on top of the same plug space .is this right for this year of car.please help me
kind regards morgen
Re: The freeze plugs on my 1950 216 cubic inch chevy seem...
Freeze plugs can be a pain to remove, i used to drill and install a metal screw to pry it out, careful not to scratch the surface on the block, us a slight bit of sealer with the new one
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The Chevy 350 engine is a 350 cubic inch (5.7-liter) small block V8 with a 4.00 and3.48 inch bore and stroke. Depending on the year, make and model of a car, horsepower ranges from approximately 145 to more than 370.
As far as I know losing the freeze plug should not stop the engine cranking, unless you have run it without coolant and it has overheated so much that the engine has seized.(I am assuming that by cranking you mean turning the engine over) It is also possible that the head gasket is damaged but it would be almost impossible for it to be so badly damaged that it would prevent cranking! (but believable that it could prevent starting) I am not aware of a sensor that detects no coolant whatsoever and cuts power to the starter, but then again I don't know the model intimately.Can you remove the plugs and see if you can turn the crankshaft pulley with a wrench (or spanner as we call it in the UK). That should tell you if the engine is seized. Hope that helps
The 1985 Impala came standard with the Chevrolet 305 V8. All Chevrolet small block V8's from 265 cubic inches to 400 cubic inches from 1957 to about 1989 used the same block with almost no difference in the castings, so the motor mounts should fit from one block to the next. If you are trying to swap in a 350 newer than 1989, then the motor mounts are different, and you will have to have them fabricated by a local welder, machine shop, or perhaps the best, a local short-track race car driver/builder. Those guys can build anything.
In a word no, but if you have a really long screwdriver, you can sometimes stick it down and pry against the block and pop front of the boot back off the plug. This works for the front bank, at the back you just have to reach down and try to twist the shield and boot back and forth while keeping firm pulling pressure on it. It seems impossible but they will pop off.
no, what i do is i use a razor knife and i cut the boot at the plug then twist and use a screw driver to open the boot, those wire are so hard to remove your right its like there glued in but there not its just from the heat, cut the boot this way it releases away from the plug then pull it off.
Hello, yes over time freeze plugs can corrode over time and start to leak, I am currently building up a motor right now and when I removed the frost plugs they were starting to get thin from corrosion.
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