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alrighty so i fixed my rocker problem, i have a carb problem, it seems to not choke properly and so it will flood when the engine is warm.... but my real problem is this, sunday night i'm out cruising in my galaxy, the 302 is just pumpin right along no problems and tempature gauge says that its all good, so i get about 20 miles from home and it starts steaming.... so i stop her and open the hood and pull the radiator cap, its empty... the next morning i find out why, a freeze plug(the one behind the motor mount) blew out, anyone know what would cause enough pressure in my cooling system to blow a freeze plug out?

Did it blow out or did it rot away?? It very well could hae rotted away mine did that, and yes it left no trace of the plug.
It could also be the plug wasnt set in all the way, or your rad. cap was not venting excess presure like it is posed to.

Otto

oh it blew out, the engine had just been rebuilt, my idiot friend, who is never working on anything i own again, put the thermostat in backwards.... he wants to be a professional mechanic and i dont think its a good idea, he built my engine as a college project, first he didn't plastigauge the bearings and overtightened them, crank got eaten alive, he broke a timing chain cover, hes broken plug wires, he forgot to put the oil pump drive shaft in, he stripped the flex plate bolt holes on my new crank, he put the thermostat in backwards, and he bought the wrong valves with my money so i had to buy a second set, thats enough to say hes never touching my car again.... but now i think I've fixed everything hes broken and my 69 galaxy is running great, the timing needs to be adjusted a little more but pulling the distributor to get a lil better timing can wait til tomarrow..

Originally posted by thesals
oh it blew out, the engine had just been rebuilt, my idiot friend, who is never working on anything i own again, put the thermostat in backwards.... he wants to be a professional mechanic and i dont think its a good idea, he built my engine as a college project, first he didn't plastigauge the bearings and overtightened them, crank got eaten alive, he broke a timing chain cover, hes broken plug wires, he forgot to put the oil pump drive shaft in, he stripped the flex plate bolt holes on my new crank, he put the thermostat in backwards, and he bought the wrong valves with my money so i had to buy a second set, thats enough to say hes never touching my car again.... but now i think I've fixed everything hes broken and my 69 galaxy is running great, the timing needs to be adjusted a little more but pulling the distributor to get a lil better timing can wait til tomarrow..

Your gonna get someone else to rebild your engines right?

With friends like that, you don't need enemies

This guy is in COLLEGE??? "These are the leaders of tomorrow" Were Screwed!

yeah, after he screwed up my crank i rebuilt the engine myself which took 2 weeks with about an hour every night.... the only reason i didn't catch the thermostat being in backwards was because i left the housing on the intake manifold. and luckily some college students aren't so bad at building engines. my engine is running excellent now that I've fixed all the problems that were caused by my idiot friend.... now the only problem i need to fix is the air fuel mixture on my carb so I'm not pulling a pathetic 8/mpg

man does everybody have a friend like that ? i know i do

C- mon now lighten up !This friend ,hes just tryin to learn how to do it right. Thats why hes in school he dont know how to do it right.What did ya exspect to get from an inexsperianced builder ?u even said the friend admitted it was a project. He was perfectly honest with u as to his talents.Too bad(for u) his college class project just happened to cost u money, parts,time and hassel. Sounds like he aint that dumb to me lol.Just givin u a hard time as I am sure u gave him a hard time!!I am sure he woulda got and earfull if he was my buddy for not following all instructions!!!and i agree with drg84!!!