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Badvert65
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Side question: is there any benefit to running a bypass hose between the heater hookups, as opposed to capping them both off?
I don't like using those rubber hose caps, as I have seen them break many times. The pipe nipple in the head can be replaced with a screw in cap but the one in the water pump is more difficult to cap off. Much simpler to just run a loop of hose. The 'J" hose just looks a little neater. No real benefit.
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but anyhoo........
back to the OP,
your engine is starting to look like the one in Hot Rod (Slant Sickness).
http://www.slantsix.org/articles/hrm-sl ... ckness.htm

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The pipe nipple in the head can be replaced with a screw in cap
It is hard to find any good rubber caps out there. I use the hole in the head to run my electric fan switch. I cap the water pump off with a piece of heater hose and a large bolt with silicone! :lol: :lol:

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You can ream the one on the water pump and tap it for a pipe plug. It will take a 1/4" IIRC.

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I run my heater since I'm not a racer, but I'd likely do the tap and plug version if i weren't using it.

Thanks on the valve cover info, Matt, I thought there was some new vendor or this was a south african or some Turkish version from way back in the day...

Matt, do share on the belt drive, etc....

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Matt, do share on the belt drive, etc....
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Pulley setup is my "cheap underdrive" setup
http://www.slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59447
and I just made up the simple alternator mount.
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You can ream the one on the water pump and tap it for a pipe plug.
For the race car on my next water pump I will probably just weld it shut. I was going to tap it but was afraid it was to thin and may crack. But since you did it I may try that also.

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You can ream the one on the water pump and tap it for a pipe plug.
For the race car on my next water pump I will probably just weld it shut. I was going to tap it but was afraid it was to thin and may crack. But since you did it I may try that also.
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The one I had was done by Barry Harrison. I bought the pump used from him at a Clay City race and I used it for years. :D

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Yeah, the rubber hose caps I used started to crack after a couple years. I just replaced them with some blue silicone caps I saw on Amazon, factory direct from Shengzhou City! We'll see how they hold up.

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I learn more stuff from thread hijacking sometimes than the regular thread topic...no worries.

When I get back home I'll send a pic of my new valve cover that I splurged on...

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Side question: is there any benefit to running a bypass hose between the heater hookups, as opposed to capping them both off?
I don't like using those rubber hose caps, as I have seen them break many times. The pipe nipple in the head can be replaced with a screw in cap but the one in the water pump is more difficult to cap off. Much simpler to just run a loop of hose. The 'J" hose just looks a little neater. No real benefit.
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I tend to use pipe plugs because the hose allows more coolant to by-pass around the thermostat... and that can slow down the warm-up cycle.

I have also successfully taped-out the water pump's "bib", you just have to size the hole for the tap & work it in & out carefully, so you do not split the bib.

Oh... great work on getting your rebuilt engine ready to install.
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...I'm biting at the bit, I'm away on vacation and longing to install that engine and fire her up....

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