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oil spitting out of hole on Cylinder head

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Yup.. i am learning as i go. But rebuilt carbs, replaced thermostat and other little things on my 1967 AH sprite 1275. Was going to put carpet and seats in and drive, pulled it out of garage, and oil was spilling out of a little hole by the thermostat on the cylinder head..great. it runs fine, but spills out of the hole when running...
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Hole, hmmmm. Think a pic would be nice.
 
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hope this works, i put some weed eater cord in the hole, also my buddy just sold a boat called Miss Agatha, same boat? the one with the big fin on the back?
the lake of the ozarks threw me, probably not the same boat, or if it is even a boat name
 
There is brass plug, on the front side of the head, near the deck, where the head and block bolts together, this was part of drilling to intersect two drill holes in the cylinder head to get oil from the block to the rocker pedestal to oil the rocker arms, then at the factory they plugged the drill hole with a brass plug. There is no quick fix for this, if the brass plug is completey missing, you will have to address this and more than likely pull the cylinder head off to do this, you need to tap for 1/16" npt plug, or set screw, or replace the plug which is not readily availalbe from vendors, but one could make one from brass round stock. This is under pressure, so it will not get better until addressed. By the way I could not see your pictures, but just fiquired out from rebuilding many of these heads over the years.
 
No advice but the pic works.
 
I have never seen that situation before but it looks like tapping it (guess 4-40) and inserting a screw that is coated in Permatex would work.
BillM
 
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