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It may look brandy new at the front, but that heavy scale you see in the
water passages has also anchored itself to the tube. You should use
"judicious" amounts of force, but before you do, see if you can get a bore
scope, or plumber's inspection scope, and see if there are any areas where
the tube is cracked completely through. This happened with a T245 we had
last year. It looked very beautiful, but was corroded beyond the pieces of
the 1943 steel penny wedged into the tube, about 2/3 the way down. John
Bizal had new water distribution tubes last time I checked.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gil Huguley <Gil@huguley.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 5:53 PM
Subject: [MV] T-245 Water Distribution Tube
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>Hello, the list!
>
>To remove the water distribution tube, the tech manual says, "Pull the
cylinder block water distribution tube from cylinder block. A hooked piece
of heavy gauge wire may be required if tube is badly corroded."
>
>Mine looks really nice, satin silver color finish with some rust stains
from the block. I don't think it is "badly corroded" at all. How much
force is required to remove the tube? I have pulled on it and nothing seems
to move. I don't want to do any damage, but I want it removed so the block
can be boiled out and the water passages cleaned. (The block has heavy rust
scale in the water passages).
>
>Thanks for any advice.
>
>Gil Huguley
>MVPA 17595
>Methow, WA USA
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