Water Pump???? Block Off???

[347Fastback]

Okay I have a heater delete plate in my 65 fastback. I am not running heater hoses. Can I plug off both of the water pump outlet/inlets. How did you guys do it...

 

[zookeeper]

Sure, you can block off the outlets with no ill affects. As for how, the one on the intake can be plugged with a simple pipe-plug. If you look around, you can find one with an allen-head so it won't look like you accesorized your car from the plumbing department at Home Depot. The outlet on the water pump might be a little harder, since it's typically pressed in, but if it were me, I would remove it and find a brass freeze plug that's the same size. That way it'll match the ones you have in the block and heads and look like it belongs there.

 

[D.Hearne]

Do not plug off both water pump inlets. One is for the bypass hose, you need that one. The othewr can be capped with a rubber nipple cover. These can be sourced at your local parts house in the "Help" section. It's a simple rubber cap held in place with a hose clamp. The intake hole just needs a brass pipe plug (Home Depot, Lowes, or any other hardware store) Use thread sealer.

 

[TOM B]

I threaded it for a pipe thread and screwed in a blue anadized plug with blue locktight on the threads, job done and will never leak.

 

[CraigMBA]

Those "Help" plugs split after a distrubingly short period of time.

I would either:

1. Use a short piece of heater hose and loop it back onto the intake or
2. Remove the nipple and tap in pipe threads for a pipe plug if I cared about cosmetics

 

[68stang351]

Those "Help" plugs split after a distrubingly short period of time.

I would either:

1. Use a short piece of heater hose and loop it back onto the intake or
2. Remove the nipple and tap in pipe threads for a pipe plug if I cared about cosmetics

I went option 1, but now I'm considering #2.

And he's right, don't even waste your time with the "Help!" bypass caps, they will only split on you when you're driving down the road. I think I had on on for a month before it split. Oh, and I only drive the car about once a week.

 

[mustangman70]

Those "Help" plugs split after a distrubingly short period of time.



1. Use a short piece of heater hose and loop it back onto the intake or

This is what i did worked great

 

[D.Hearne]

Those "Help" plugs split after a distrubingly short period of time.

I would either:

1. Use a short piece of heater hose and loop it back onto the intake or
2. Remove the nipple and tap in pipe threads for a pipe plug if I cared about cosmetics

Must be a defect then I've got a couple that are several years old now and show no signs of splitting.