'40 Special Cooling System Clean Out Update

[Victor W]

Since I've been on a update post kick today here's another on my cooling system.

 

I have a '40 Special that I flushed the block on back this summer. I knocked the frost plugs out and scrubbed out the block really well (I thought).  I have another post with the details. 

 

As a double check on my work I ran a pantyhose toe on the upper radiator hose. I know there are nice filters but pantyhose are cheap especially when thieved from your wife's dresser. 

 

I checked it twice over the few past few hundred miles and both times I pulled a quarter sized wad of rusty junk out of my low buck coolant filter. Amazing how much junk built up over 81 years!

 

Thought it was a valuable follow up for others going through the same cooling issues. Filters really do help catch junk that would otherwise start plugging your radiator.