by "Scott Buchanan" <t120rv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 26, 2008 at 10:11 PM
I had one let go while waiting at a red light on a '93 Grand Prix. This was
a good place for it to happen because I saw the steam and was able to get
off the road before any damage was done. The plastic "PLUG" simply broke.
I
was able to pick up the pieces off the road. Fortunately I was on a bus
route and NAPA had the part. With my trusty Leatherman, I was able to get
the reaming part out of the drain hole. I was back on the road in an hour.
Seems to me I had to replace the part many years ago.
<clare at snyder.on.ca> wrote in message
news:a1q3s31jh8pgeclrnk7ujfo9gmhculrte8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Anyone ever have the rad drain plug spontaneously let go?
> 1994 TransS****t 3.8
> Has had nothing done to the rad/drain plug/coolant for over a year,
> and it dumped all the antifreeze about 75 miles from home yesterday.
> The plug appears to be missing. I filled the hole with expanding
> uerethanr foam (spray) to keep the new antifreeze in long enough to
> get home. In to the shop tomorrow to find out if it fell out or broke
> off.
> With no parts suppliers near by, it's good that I'm well aquainted
> with "non-traditional repair methods", AKA the "ZamFix" from my years
> in Africa!!.
>
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