Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan

Posted by Ken_P On 2015/7/12 21:13:43

Life is tough- it's tougher when you're stupid.

I was looking at my water distribution tube before installation, and the back was not connected to the tube. I gently worked it back in, though it wasn't very tight, crimped it down a little bit, and thought that I should solder it in. Then - here's were the stupid part is - I decided not to. I worked the tube in most of the way, it hung up with about two inches left, so I pulled it out to adjust, tweak, etc. and... the back wasn't on it anymore! So I have a little brass trapezoid two feet deep into my freshly rebuilt engine's water jacket.

Any brilliant ideas on how to get it out? My first thought was to dangle the engine vertically, but I am not really excited about trying that with a mostly assembled engine. I tried some duct tape on an all-thread rod, but no joy.

It is always something.