Reply To: WATER INLET SIDE PLATE

[Randy Roberson]

Depends on the condition of course, but when the plate on my Series 80’s engine developed a leak, I removed it and found on the inside a collection of gunk with corrosion underneath. I cleaned it up and had a welder run a bead over the perforations on the inside, then reinstalled it, and Bob’s your uncle, as they say in England: leaks stopped.

A servicable plate is not that hard to fabricate: remember the water baffle on the inside which forces the coolant flow to distribute better, and realize the spacing of the bolt holes is not exactly regular.