Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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Saturday, December 12, 2020
Getting The Red Chev Back on The Road after Covid
During Covid in Melbourne I have been starting the Red Chev once a week but only had one drive on the road between the first and second wave.
One of the reasons apart from lockdown was a water leak in between the front of the head and the water inlet / thermostat housing.
Two weeks back I retorqued the head, water leak was still happening, so I pulled off the water inlet this afternoon hoping this may solve the issue.
Cleaned the contact faces, fitted a new gasket with sealant on both sides, refitted, water leak gone.
Now running with no issues I then
Changed the oil and oil filter
Changed the coolant
Replaced the bottom radiator hose
Checked plugs and points.
Tomorrows job is to refit rubber to drivers side running board as water has seeped in between and caused significant rust since fitted some 14 years back. Several coats of rustbuster, a wire brush on the angle grinder and primer surfacer, which will be finished with full gloss black.
Looking forward to the first drive
Monday, November 2, 2020
Saturday, April 25, 2020
No change in Radiator water level in last 8 months
The radiator level remains constant and I have not added water for at least the last 8 months.
The benefits of modifying a 28 Chev water pump with modern internals, that still looks very similar on the outside, combined with an overflow tank and a very low pressure sealed cooling system allow motoring in all temperatures with no concern about overheating or loosing water.
In addition by running a very low pressure system I can use modern coolant with anti corrosion additives.
I only would panic if I saw green water under the car.
Cheers
Ray