Tip of the day, you want to use a stainless bolt on the inside of the water pump.#fordflathead #diy

[lynnrunningdeer]

I see someone was smart enough to put a drain plug in it😊.

[WhitentonMike]

It would seem one should use stainless bolts where ever a portion of the bolt comes in contact with coolant.

[michael-dmbv]

Are you restoring the car?
Army Jeep Parts sells the best primer and flat black and army color paint ever. (CARC replacement)
It cleans up super easy too.
Not a rep. Just a customer.
That and phosphoric acid. The two biggest "secrets" in the paint department, imo. 🎉🎉

i had a friend who had seen the days of chopping roadsters and he informed me that before paint they would etch the steel and derust it for phosphoric acid and then a water bath.
i read (red) the science somewhere, and its true, i use it all the time for de-rusting.
It creats a microscopic layer of light "anodizing" on the surface of the steel and prevents it from re-rusting as fast.

Which makes sense. If a soul was chopping their Ford they could perform the operation outside, and even if that shell stripped of paint got surface rusty, they could give it a phosphoric acid wash, and it would make the car like clean bare steel again. ❤❤❤❤

Cheers! i live in the northeast. Without phosphoric acid my 20 year old work van would be a pile of rust!

[michael-dmbv]

McMaster Carr has a good selection of "exotic" bolt types.
Not a fan of stainless. If they decide to gall they will tear up your threads.

i would rather see a bronze bolt threaded into a casting. OS&Y valves for fire protection use them all the time. 🎉🎉