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Subject:Re: Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Fri, 4 Feb 2011 18:45:46 -0800

that's not even a sentence.
it starts out as one ..
but then looses it in the end.

what'r yee tryin' to say sir ?

let's banter on the symantics of say ..
tires !
or how various front suspension parts go by at least two different names.
drag link, strut rod, etc.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Now freeze plugs, Was Oops - I let the engine freeze

I thought the term freeze plugs came from the chilling if a tightly
fitting plug prior to fitting due to right clearances. Maybe?

Chris.

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Dnia Feb 4, 2011 o godz. 13:48 David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
napisał(a):

> At 10:32 PM 2/3/2011, Tom Hargrave wrote:
>> Freeze plugs really aren't "freeze plugs" - the plugs are inserted
>> into
>> holes left by the block casting process. The holes, or more
>> correctly the
>> bridges, are needed to hold a sand core in place while the casing
>> is being
>
> Which is why the technical name for them is core plugs...
>
> Yours,
> David