Shearpin
Well-known member
A quick note on fitting the Temro 3100087 core plug heater.
If you choose to use the front core/frost plug hole this is fiddly frustration. My hats off to those of you who fitted this part within 1 hour. I fitted it in 3 hours, and it started leaking the minute I refilled the coolant. My wife commented on my slumped shoulder return to the house as the sun was setting “I thought the water pump and p gasket was only going to take a few hours.”
The problem - the heater element protrudes into the block along with a butterfly nut that locks it in place. Inside the block there is a labyrinth of passages - angled, straight walled, rounded. You are required to bend the element to a precise angle I never attained. At one point I had the element angle almost perfect, but the butterfly nut was fowling on a vertical wall inside the block. I bent it again.
In the end it appeared properly seated. I have a suspicion I it was not, and I probably bent the inner portion of the part while bending the element. Either and or both of these issues produced a leak. Frustration.
A word of caution if you are attempting this - order a replacement core plug just in case. I didn’t - and am waiting for parts.
Is there a locally available core plug for this engine? Any other suggestions on a plug and play core plug for the spatially challenged?
Henry
If you choose to use the front core/frost plug hole this is fiddly frustration. My hats off to those of you who fitted this part within 1 hour. I fitted it in 3 hours, and it started leaking the minute I refilled the coolant. My wife commented on my slumped shoulder return to the house as the sun was setting “I thought the water pump and p gasket was only going to take a few hours.”
The problem - the heater element protrudes into the block along with a butterfly nut that locks it in place. Inside the block there is a labyrinth of passages - angled, straight walled, rounded. You are required to bend the element to a precise angle I never attained. At one point I had the element angle almost perfect, but the butterfly nut was fowling on a vertical wall inside the block. I bent it again.
In the end it appeared properly seated. I have a suspicion I it was not, and I probably bent the inner portion of the part while bending the element. Either and or both of these issues produced a leak. Frustration.
A word of caution if you are attempting this - order a replacement core plug just in case. I didn’t - and am waiting for parts.
Is there a locally available core plug for this engine? Any other suggestions on a plug and play core plug for the spatially challenged?
Henry