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Old 07-16-2017, 10:17 PM   #651 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Stubby79 View Post
Probably rust, since it's an iron block and been sitting for years.
There was rust for sure and lots of hard "granules". What these granules were made up of is a mystery but they would not allow water to pass out the lower block water outlet - they were packed in pretty tightly. Water pressure to "blow them upward and out" did the trick!
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