Re: 1958 Lark 35

[flathead]

I dropped the lower unit, the impeller is still in good shape. I have to assume the rubber was in there before I got it. I tried running it w/o thermostat the other day. It started pumping water right away which you’d expect since you don’t wait for it to heat up. Then slowed, then stopped pumping all together. Same exact issue. I bet if I timed it, it would take exactly the same amount of time to stop pumping every time. I will pull the frost plug and see if I can tell anything. If I can get away from it, I would like to not pull the head. So that sleeve is meant to be in the head? I’d have sworn by looking at it, it was meant to be on the plug. Looks like it’s loctited on the plug. The plug goes in and tightens up good, like it was supposed to. You think I should leave it like it is, or try and put one in the head? This motor is giving me quite an education. I’ll try and check the frost plug out tomorrow night after work.