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Just a thought:
I suspect there is a drain on the side of the engine to drain the water jacket, was that included in your process? I am not even sure it is there on your senior car as I have no experience with that engine, but back then it was a common feature as anti-freeze was not always used so straight water would be removed from the engine to prevent freezing. That could be where some coolant is hiding.  I swapped the plug in this shot with a petcock so when I use it I can attach a hose so the coolant does not drain directly onto the starter. I still slip a zip-lock freezer bag over the starter when I use it to keep any wayward coolant from getting into any bearing areas. Bob J.
Posted on: 10/22 14:01
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The '37 does not have the engine drain, it all drains from the oil cooler through a petcock.
After flushing and refilling with Blue Devil, I started getting 5 gallons. This car is making me think in circles😜. Did it, didn't it, I thought so, I don't know, maybe. My father is having shoulder surgery tomorrow so, I'll be back at the car Thursday. I'm going to pull the water pump and check it for wear. I saw on another thread, KevinPackard's 38 was over heating, and it may have been from a poorly clearanced impeller causing cavitation or turbulence. I'm going to do some digging around the forum and see what else I can find. Sure, seems like this is a common problem with the oldies.
Posted on: 10/22 15:09
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Correct, that was one of the issues post-mortem that we found. The three main things we found to be possible causes of overheating were 1.) impeller too far from the pump housing causing lack of flow, 2.) water distribution jacket holes in the wrong places (person before us home made it), 3.) thermostat installed in the block when it shouldn't have been. All that compounded on top of the known problems with the metallurgy of the '38 blocks. Now we have a '39 block instead, installed on a '38 crankcase. That involved a whole other set of issues. -Kevin
Posted on: 10/22 16:04
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Are the water distribution tube's still available or being remade, just in case?
Posted on: 10/23 7:50
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Start with Flackmaster to see if he has one. After that, check with Max Merritt. I noticed that they had new reproduction distribution tubes at Hershey.
Posted on: 10/23 16:26
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I Actually just bought a set of artillery wheels from him. That will be a winter project. I will probably start a new thread as I do the restoration on them.
First I am going to fix the cooling system. Does anybody have some pics of a 37 water pump showing some detail, for comparison when I pull mine?
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