d.p.n.s Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 hi all im after the frost plug sizes for a pinto 2lt the 2 on the side and the 1 at the back of the block. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Use a vernia and measure the hole??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4D105e Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 cant remember but got a funny one for ya i brought a mk5 sport in timaru years ago while driving it home it went bang and crap flew out of the bonnet at first it thought it was oil and shit but after nursing it home lifted the lid and the horry of a previous owner had a self tapping screw and no more nails in the frost plug ill never forget that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrupt Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 also pay the extra few cents and get brass ones, rather than steel ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 also pay the extra few cents and get brass ones, rather than steel ones. Depends, the brass can react with the iron block, that = bad. Brass is good for Alloy block/heads. Either that or the other way around.. Or.. not at all.. My memory is bad, so.. could have made it all up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrupt Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 brass doesnt rust, i found that out when i had to redo one of my frost plugs. it was the one at the very rear of the engine so had to rip the engine out to do it which was a pain for a couple of dollar part. it was steel and had rust holes in it and all the ones on the sides were brass and sweet. when i went to get a full set to replace them all, they gave me all brass except the one at the back, they gave me a steel one , i made them order in a brass one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 thanks guys ive got some brass ones the reason i didnt just measure the holes is i didnt have the block it was getting work done on it and i just wanted to get all the partd to rebuild the block. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Did you get pistons in the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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