Hey all!
So I get this car with the heating system disconnected. The water pump was
looped back on itself and the heater core was looped back on itself. It was
summer, so who needed heat anyway. So now comes winter and it is COLD! I
decide it is about time to reconnect the heating system. After a very long
search for a new heater control valve and a lot of support from Denis I
finally get the long awaited item. Pulled out the glove box removed the old
heater control valve and put in the new one. Hook up all new hoses, fill up
the system with coolant and prepare for the final test. Start up the 'ol girl
and lo and behold in a few short minutes I have heat...Oh Wonders!!! So I
decide to let her warm up and I notice that the temperature gauge is steadily
climbing to the max. Now this car has always run cooler than normal. I shut
her down and coolant is spewing out of the overflow and the two water pump
connections. I'm thinking maybe the hoses are connected backwards. I go back
to the FSM...where I started from to recheck the connections...of course the
picture they show is from a '60 heater core and they don't show the
connections at the water pump. So, after this long drawn out story can
someone tell me which hose goes to where???
Overheating in LA!
Thanks,
Thomas
1961 LeBaron
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