Re: Heater Core and overheat

[Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>]

Susan,

I haven't seen whether you say you have a shroud or not.  If you don't
have a shroud, that could be the easiest cheapest fix.  A shroud
forces the air through the radiator instead of around it.

- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge), '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge), '71 Bronco


On 4/22/07, SUNSHINE Higgins <Sizie52@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks so much for all who responded to my heater core questions. I have
> looked around and found a shop who can get my heater core re-cored in 4 to 5
> days! A friend suggested that at the time I replaced my heater core that I also
> get a new heater control switch. I may have a source to locate this
> switch...but  having more than one place to look is very helpful...any one have any
> other  ideas where I can find a heater control switch?
>   This is for my 1962 Dodge dart Wagon with 318 engine and factory  AC.
>
>  Sean...all of your ideas are very helpful, however...I have noticed  that my
> car runs hot after I have been running it a while during long
> distances...say 30 minutes or more. It never seems to get to the highest end of  hot or over
> heat...just running on the mid point between the middle of the temp  control
> and the high end of the temp control. It worries me when it does this as  I
> can smell the fluids burn...or the antifreeze and I have NO leaks?
> What do you or anyone else think about this and to the fact that my heater
> core hoses have been bypassed...not capped or disconnected?
>
> If anyone knows if that heater core on e-bay I sent info on in an earlier
> e-mail works with my car and the factory AC...sandon air compressor...please let
>  me know asap!
>
> Susan R. Higgins
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- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge), '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge), '71 Bronco