MuuMuu101's 68 Dart, A Learning Process...
Went to my mom's house to work on the Dart. I started it up and it was still leaky through the threads of the all-thread which I figured. So, I decided to throw in the towel and get a rubber cap like I had before. I went to the local Autozone, which has been pretty good to me, but they didn't have anything. So, I decided to go to the local Ace Hardware to see if they had a 3/4" bolt as all Home Depot had was 3/4" all-thread. I got to Ace and they didn't have anything more than 1/2". Ironically, right next to the bolts, I found these tapered rubber plugs for $0.40-0.60. So, I bought a couple and went home. I got the wrong size, so after lunch, I went back and got one size smaller and came home. So, I took the heater hose and all-thread off, placed the plug on the water pump, reinstalled the heater hose with the all-thread and hose clamped it together. So, basically the all-thread only keeps the plug in the water pump. When I started the car back up, no leaks! I let it get up to temp and shut it off because I had to go. It sounds a lot better and I believe it will be ready to go to the new home soon.
Went to my mom's house to work on the Dart. I started it up and it was still leaky through the threads of the all-thread which I figured. So, I decided to throw in the towel and get a rubber cap like I had before. I went to the local Autozone, which has been pretty good to me, but they didn't have anything. So, I decided to go to the local Ace Hardware to see if they had a 3/4" bolt as all Home Depot had was 3/4" all-thread. I got to Ace and they didn't have anything more than 1/2". Ironically, right next to the bolts, I found these tapered rubber plugs for $0.40-0.60. So, I bought a couple and went home. I got the wrong size, so after lunch, I went back and got one size smaller and came home. So, I took the heater hose and all-thread off, placed the plug on the water pump, reinstalled the heater hose with the all-thread and hose clamped it together. So, basically the all-thread only keeps the plug in the water pump. When I started the car back up, no leaks! I let it get up to temp and shut it off because I had to go. It sounds a lot better and I believe it will be ready to go to the new home soon.
