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Old 10-09-2023, 08:25 PM   #191
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Hopefully it works. I got the thing done to the point of starting today and it all went a bit pear shaped when I went to fill the coolant. The fitting into the side of the waterneck was leaking, so I had to pull that (which is not an easy or fun thing on this swap since it is against the firewall).

I shoulda paid more attention, the old fitting appeared to seep a bit based on the discoloration when I removed it to replace it with an aluminum one. I think the threads were machined wrong into the KPower waterneck, which they appear to have revised with a plug welded in insert in newer ones.

Options are buy a new waterneck for $210 or have an aluminum fitting machined down and tigged in.

Starting to run into a time crunch here.
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