I did this once but it was so long ago now I forget what motor it was.
Back 30 some years ago before Ambulance went diesel motor's The would run 440's, 454's, and 460's.
I torn to whole grill rad, A/C condenser and all two alt's and all kinds of crap in a paramedic unit to get to the water pump.
After about 4 hour's of tearing it all down and another 4 putting it back together, I started to fill the rad with water.
Water started splashing on the floor, so I looked to see water flowing from behind the water pump.
We started to use a new supplier who was removing the back plates when they were rebuilt and didn't replace them.
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That's how I learned to always not matter what give everything a good once over before installing anything new.
I was late getting home that night.
Another thing I used to do on my cars to take a old Pennie like the one with a wreath that had a high lead content and glue that down to the tops of my car Batteries, in between the post. and the lead draws all the acid away from the post and helps to keep them clean from corrosion.