Evening Folks,
Went out to the garage this morning thinking I'd start installing the interior while waiting for the crossover pipe gaskets. Well, I wasn't real surprised to find evidence of coolant on the floor having filled up the cooling system yesterday 'cause that's not uncommon and usually just have to tighten up a few hoes clamp. Imagine my displeasure when I looked in the passenger compartment and saw that the drivers side floor mat had a 1/4 inch of coolant in a puddle!
Well this was pretty discouraging and I couldn't see any source for the leak, I checked the heater box to see if the core was leaking, it wasn't. Then I decided that it might be the heater valve connection and I took that off and cleaned it hoping that this was the source, perhaps leaking around the 'O' ring and back along the pipe into the cabin. At this point it appears to have stopped but the system isn't under pressure, sure hope it isn't a defect in the new SS lines I installed last year. That would be a pain in the butt!
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| The heater valve where I think the leak may have been coming from. Removed, disassembled, and cleaned it up where it mounts to the firewall. |
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| Installing the center console, first the foam. |
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| Then the cover, sealed with 'gorilla duct tape' to keep hot air out, they originally used a putty like material called believe it or not Dum Dum ;-) |
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| Here I've installed the console, the gear shift lever has to be in 3rd gear and the parking brake handle up as high as possible then you can come in at an angle and get it to fit. You'll notice my technique to prevent the radio console from scraping the lower console. |
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| What the correct 'bolts' look like, Jennifer's seem to have disappeared at some point in the past. |
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Well that's it for this week, I did get the gaskets and installed then today but will wait for a nicer day when I can open the garage without freezing my you know what off to start the engine.
Cheers,
Lynn
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A very similar thing happened today when I was showing Steve my engine compartment. I saw a small puddle of coolant in the little tray below the voltage regulator. The sad thing is my heater box is not connected at all. Coolant is running down to the tray from somewhere. Maybe the heater valve, which is connected to the cooling system.
ReplyDeleteHi Drew,
ReplyDeleteThat would sure seem to narrow down the search area, as you know there isn't much else on the side to leak from. should be a trace of coolant around whatever leaked, you'd think. I still had a small drip this morning under the car in line with the firewall to pipe under the manifold so I took the clamp loose, moved it down and put on a second clamp! We'll see....
Cheers,
Lynn