the soft plug is rotten, replace it - new gasket on stat housing, proper coolant mix in, and yer good to go, 10 isn't cold enought to crack a block if there's any antifreeze in it at all

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics