Tommy, have you ever cut open the filter to see what is being filtered out?
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
Bill, after the parade and the dust settles on you cooling system project, consider installing a coolant filter. You can use a remote filter base and a couple of METAL quarter turn valves and plumb it all into the heater circuit. Wix makes spin on filters with sacrificial zinc sized for various engines. I think the part number I used was a Dodge/Cummins application. Under the radiator cap inspections shows squeeky clean tubes after 2 years and 10,000 miles.
I’ve thought about doing that.
Also have an idea to use a strong-arse magnet in some sort of plumbing tee…..to grab the super-fine iron particles floating about. Probably plunged into the heater circuit.
Sorry about the delay responding- - - - -major computer troubles with both the laptop I use, and the desktop unit my wife prefers. They're both at the computer doc- - - -who is putting a vacuum cleaner to my checking account for two new systems and trying to transfer several years' worth of files! I finally managed to change the password on a system my BIL used before he passed away several months ago so I have some limited internet access for the time being.
I use about a pound of TSP to 5 gallons of water in a stainless steel tank when I'm degreasing guns prior to rust-bluing them. That same ratio should work well in a cooling system. I run the degreaser tank just below the boiling point- - - -180-200 degrees F. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
Thanks Jerry. Good luck with the computer recovery.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
85F air temp at the 4th of July parade this morning. About 1 mile and took 45 minutes. Truck never got over 175F with 50/50 antifreeze/water mix and no thermostat.
Photo just before the start.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
That's fantastic news Bill! Awesome picture to boot!
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
I got most of the way through the flush process today. Any harm in leaving the TSP solution in it overnight?
No problem at all- - - -it's just laundry detergent on steroids! My gun bluing preclean solution stays in the tank for months, but those tanks are made from 1/16" thick stainless steel. The stuff crystallizes, but it redissolves as soon as the water gets hot. Jerry '
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
I wish I’d have taken before and after pics of my coolant in the overflow jar. From embrassingly gross to fluorescent green.
Thanks for the tips, Jerry! Did both the muriatic acid flush and the TSP. Wasn’t until after the TSP that the block drain flowed as freely as it should. Was a crap ton of work, but well worth it in the end.
"I love it when a plan comes together- - - - - -!"
LOL Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
JW51, is your engine original? By that I mean hasn't been rebuilt? Just wondering how long it took to crud up.
I thought I asked earlier but must have forgotten to hit Post Reply.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
Not orginal. But sat for 30+ years before I got it. I did a very thorough vinegar flush before I ever got it running. Last coolant change/flush was 3 years ago. But I had a bad rad cap somewhere in between. I think that contributed to the rusty mess I had this go round. Air in the system.
Gonna try to be better at changing coolant (I use the old style green stuff) every 2nd year.
Otto, yes I cut a coolant filter apart when it plugged up completely after a dose of preventative stop leak. Not surprisingly it was full of black granules that I took to be stopleak. But it coule have been just more of the grit I didn't get out of the head.
1951 3800 1-ton "Earning its keep from the get-go" In the DITY Gallery 1962 261 (w/cam, Fenton headers, 2 carbs, MSD ign.), SM420 & Brown-Lipe 6231A 3spd aux. trans, stock axles & brakes. Owned since 1971.
I also use the green ethylene glycol in everything. Tried and true.
Luckily the fluid in my truck is still nice, absinthe green after 3+ years and no overheating problems have been observed.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
