"why is that there" 1938 wc help needed.

well i went out to my shop and took my fenders off the 1938 wc and while i was out there i decided to take off my manifold. well the good news is that i didnt snap any bolts off!. but when i broke te gasket loose some kinda liquid came out of the fist and last whole. 

Did the studs come out of the head?  If so I think there are a couple of them that go into holes that are open to the coolant.  You could feel in the holes with a wire and see if they go deeper than you would think is necessary.

no i didnt take out the stud.

What do you mean by "first and last hole"? Are you talking about the first and last exhaust ports or the stud holes?

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im hoping thats all it is

acwdwcman wrote: well i went out to my shop and took my fenders off the 1938 wc and while i was out there i decided to take off my manifold. well the good news is that i didnt snap any bolts off!. but when i broke te gasket loose some kinda liquid came out of the fist and last whole.  could this mean i have a cracked head, or could it just be from getting rain down the pipe. but i was thinking that if it came down the exhaust than it would be in all of the exhaust holes. it started to blow smoke and there was antifreeze in the oil. but it was drained down to the bottom of the head. so i figured that it was a head gasket. but this could be what whas my problem   any help on identifying the problem would be nice thanks, james

There should not be any "bolt" holding the manifold on. All holes have studs and the mainfold slides over the studs. The tapped holes, at least the back one go into the water jacket. If it was drained down you wouldn't get much out of the taped holes.
If you got coolant  out of the exhaust ports, you might have some other problem but the first and easiest thing to check whenever there is coolant in the oil is the core plugs in the top of the head. They have a tendency to rust out, letting coolant leak past and mix with the oil.

First of all, are you sure it was antifreeze in the oil? If the water came out of the front and rear ports on the manifold,sounds like those valves were closed and the middle 2 cylinders were open and the water went into the cylinders.

the head is off the tractor.

Edited by acwdwcman - 21 Dec 2011 at 8:51am

The slant pipe manifold is terrible for collecting rain water if left out in the rain...  Even if you have a can over it.   If it was rusty water it may have been just laying in the manifold.   I modified my 37 exhaust pipe with a flare at the bottom to keep water from running down the pipe and into the joint, not my idea, Don Herbert has done it to several of his.

Edited by Rick of HopeIN - 21 Dec 2011 at 7:52pm

Mine actually filled manifold with water several times when sitting, before i fixed it.   The water could get into cylinders that had valves open.   If I opened the 4 bolt cap from the manifold I could drain the water out before I cranked it and it did not seem to get much in the cylinders.

I will check for a hole.  Thanks.  Mine is aftermarket, so maybe it did not have one.