Originally Posted by 440Jim
It was drilled very close to 0.750" dia.
I was going to just buy a steel "freeze" plug for that size.
But, I made some O-ring plugs on my lathe from aluminum stock to match thermal expansion of the hole in the head.
When I put them in, they are snug on the O-ring (compression), and I put a smear of RTV above the O-ring for secondary sealing and so it doesn't move.
It can't come out since the intake (RB spacers) basically cover all of it.


As a self-proclaimed O-Ring junkie, I LOVE IT!


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