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Post by yellowsubnss on Jan 11, 2011 17:08:18 GMT -5
Leave it to a redneck Texan to figure out another way to use his Christmas yard art lights to keep the water liquid in the old racecar. ;D Attachments:
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Post by texoutsider on Jan 11, 2011 19:53:08 GMT -5
I just drained the water out and left the bottom hose off..........do it every year about this time.
lol
M.
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Post by yellowsubnss on Jan 12, 2011 9:09:27 GMT -5
yep, thats what all the edgeamacaded folks tell me to do.
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Post by greybeard360 on Jan 12, 2011 12:05:01 GMT -5
A true redneck would put a tray full of charcoal under the motor to keep it warm. A really good red neck would already be used to getting up a few times at night to tend to the fire in his smoker so it makes it a natural thing to do !!!
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Post by yellowsubnss on Jan 12, 2011 15:51:59 GMT -5
now why didnt i think of that sooner. there is no way it could freeze then. Attachments:
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Post by AtomicWedgie on Jan 12, 2011 19:22:02 GMT -5
Heat lamps wouldn't keep my motor warm this time of year.
Now tell me about this "leaving bottom hose off" idea. You drain all the water out and leave the hose off WHY? I get tired of draining the water and replacing it with anti freeze then in the spring flushing system and refilling it with water. Can you say "Pain in the A$$"
The things we do in the North when in gets cold, you know below 32 degrees.
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Post by texoutsider on Jan 12, 2011 21:14:04 GMT -5
I take it off to drain the water, run the pump, clear the block out and am too lazy to put it back on until spring.
M.
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Post by AtomicWedgie on Jan 12, 2011 21:35:13 GMT -5
I guess my concern/worry is that I wont get all the water out and it will freeze and crack the block. Sounds crazy but still worries me.
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Post by greybeard360 on Jan 13, 2011 9:39:24 GMT -5
That is a good reason to put petcocks on the sides of the block.... so you can also drain the block. IF the headers will allow the room. You can always use a couple of brass fittings (elbows, straight pieces of pipe etc.) and put a cap on the end of the "plumbing" to allow you to get access to it. This way you get 99% of the water out of everything!
Of course being up north and it staying cold as long as it does you could always put one of those oil pan heaters on it and plug it in and leave it when the temps get that cold.
The charcoal thing takes too much effort and time away from the Jack!
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Post by longram60 on Jan 13, 2011 11:05:30 GMT -5
That is a good reason to put petcocks on the sides of the block.... That's what I did. Drain the water at the end of the race season. Replace it with antifreeze, that I saved from the beginning of the season. I do a few cruises before and after the season also, so I can't leave it drained. |
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Post by texoutsider on Jan 13, 2011 17:37:20 GMT -5
we just do the simple thing.......jack up the rear, pull the hose with the pump running.........never had a problem...but it is a Ford.............lol
M.
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