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    Posted: May-24-2005 at 5:09pm
Keep an eye on your oil when you're out. If water froze in your engine and popped a freeze plug, it may have caused other damage, which would usually show up as water in the oil.
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you should be able to get a socket with and extension and get it that what i used on my 302 just my .02 cents
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Thanks guys.

I purchased the rubber expansion plug and installed it. It looks very capable of getting the job done. Think i'll carry another on board. I'll let you guys know if it fails.

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Jerry, It's pretty much impossible to install without lifting the motor, to get a direct blow. If you do lift the motor make sure the socket you use to set the plug is not snug before you start hitting it because it will colapse around the plug and become a permanent fixture in your boat.

My opinion, put the expandable rubber plug in hit the lake. I've used one in the past in a truck and it was still working fine two years later when i sold it. It works like a rubber plug in a jon boat except this one has a bolt all the way through it with metal washers on both ends and as you tighten the bolt it swells up creating a leak proof fit.
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Good call Jeff. I didn't know there was such a thing.
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I had a similar problem with my 302 in the 76 mustang. I couldnt get a hammer shot good enough to install a new one. So to get me on the lake, I finished peeling out the old plug, went to the auto parts store and bought a expanding universal rubber freeze plug. Its certainly not the greatest, but since the rust worked under the old plug and the bore was pitted badly, a true replacement at that time was not practical.
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I hate to be pessamistic but unless you can get a hard direct hit on it with a hammer I don't think you can get it in. One procedure is to clean the fit on the block and apply a proper sealant to the fitting. Place the freeze plug on the hole (the plug is larger in circumference than the hole), place a large drift or punch that is just small enough to fit inside the plug (I use a socket) and drive in with a large heavy hammer.   
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Took the 77 Mustang to the lake today and filled the bilge up with water from the 11/2" freeze plug that had popped out of the block near the starter. Got a new plug but am having a very difficult time getting it in. Ant advice on how to get this job done?

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