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    MX5200 Block Heater Install - Extra metal behind the freeze plug?

    Thanks! I should have linked the kit so that you didn't need to look it up. Part Number 70000-00297 https://www.messicks.com/parts/kubota/70000-00297 The heater doesn't protrude past the sleeve so even with the block casting, it will still fit.
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    MX5200 Block Heater Install - Extra metal behind the freeze plug?

    What's left in the above picture is NOT the freeze plug. That part did come out. Unfortunately I beat on this part of the block more than I should have, but I think overall it's ok...
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    MX5200 Block Heater Install - Extra metal behind the freeze plug?

    I bought my MX5200 around 2019. I started to install a block heater freeze plug this weekend after watching videos online and I have removed freeze plugs from car engines before so thought it would be easy enough to do. I removed the starter to have more room to access the left side, 3rd from...