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GTRS Fiero

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Coolant tube drain plugs?
« on: December 19, 2018, 05:58:19 pm »
I was browsing Rodney's site, and saw these.  Where on the coolant tubes do these go?
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2018, 06:11:52 pm »
They are on the bottom surface of the tubes near the rear, about the area where the Fiero jack fits into the notch.  Just forward of where the downward curve from the engine transitions to the straight part of the tube.
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2018, 06:19:34 pm »
Hmmm.  Never noticed that.  Maybe I should check mine.

That's probably a good place for them.
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2018, 11:04:05 pm »
Quote from: GTRS Fiero on December 19, 2018, 06:19:34 pm
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That's probably a good place for them.

Well... until someone sticks a jack under the rocker, and bends the end of the tube upward.
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2018, 11:09:37 pm »
I meant from a drainage standpoint.
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2018, 08:51:47 am »
I looked there.  Maybe I'm blind.  Are the plugs hidden, somehow?
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2018, 12:38:00 pm »
Seems like mine are ~1 foot from the back end of the tube. They're behind the jack point.
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2018, 01:21:08 pm »
Why do they require a special tool to remove?
« Last Edit: December 24, 2018, 05:30:17 pm by GTRS Fiero »
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2018, 05:26:11 pm »
I don't remember which it was, the Warrior Project or the Fastback Formula, but one of them had a leaking plug.  We tightened it with either a Torx bit or an Allen wrench.  What do the replacements use? 
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2018, 05:28:25 pm »
Quote from: Raydar on December 19, 2018, 11:04:05 pm
Quote from: GTRS Fiero on December 19, 2018, 06:19:34 pm
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That's probably a good place for them.

Well... until someone sticks a jack under the rocker, and bends the end of the tube upward.
Somebody like the idiot techs at jim hardman gmc-buick.
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2018, 05:31:50 pm »
This is the tool Rodney shows.  He doesn't offer tools for nothing.
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Re: Coolant tube drain plugs?
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2019, 10:21:17 pm »
I found them, but they did not look how I expected, at all.
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