1950 water leak into bell housing

[49FLAMER]

Hi all, I have only had this car about a year and don't drive it a lot...I have noticed that a small amount of coolant drips from the bell housing ( its a manual) after returning home. I have looked in the owners manual and cannot see any freeze plugs in this rear part of the motor so I am a bit stumped....anyone know more about this area?

thanks

[suntreemcanic]

I bet if you inspected the upper part of your engine you would find the water is just running down through your bell housing. There is a soft plug on the back of your head. It could be coming from your head gasket at the back of your engine. The engine temp sensor is also on back on the right side.

[49FLAMER]

I don't really want to ask this question as I fear what the answer is.....
what is the easy way to replace this plug at the back of the head ?

[39CENT]

Well here is the answer: an old trick done back in the day was to bore a small hole thru
the firewall [from the back, under the dash] drill al hole in the soft plug and use a sheet metal screw to pull it out. Sometimes the plug is too rusty for that so you may havto use a hook. I have seen this done on several old Buicks.

[39CENT]

Well here is the answer: an old trick done back in the day was to bore a small hole thru
the firewall [from the back, under the dash] then drill a small hole in the soft plug and screw in a sheet metal screw. Sometimes the plug is too rusty for that so you may havto use a hook to pull it. I have seen this done in several old Buicks.

[49FLAMER]

Thanks for that, I thought about having to bore a large hole but this should do the trick, plug feels sound with my fingers ( can't see a thing ) so hopefully would come out complete.