'61 cooling system problem....
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'61 cooling system problem....



There's a photo of the engine bay on my site 
(http://www.dte.net/project61/SubtleXSBonus.htm).  GO to the 
next-to-last image.  You can probably copy the hose routing from 
there.

good luck,
jc

>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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