Re: [ihc] Hot under the collar.

[mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dan, if it got that hot, get the heads checked for
cracks!!!!!!!! Might not find any, but better to find
them now than put it back together & still have
problems.

Mark



--- Dan Nees <cookiedan@domain.elided> wrote:

>    Last week, on my way home from work, the Scout
> overheated. Evidently,
> the thermostat stuck shut and she REALLY got hot! I
> had to call the tow
> truck and have it towed 50 miles home. 
>    Once home, the radiator had a leak, (that has
> been there for a while,
> just a seep, really.) and the top radiator hose was
> leaking around the
> radiator outlet. So, I sent the spare radiator out
> to get patched. The
> guy I used, near me here in Town, said he would do a
> New 3 core recore,
> remove the side tanks, remove the mount flanges and
> silver solder the
> flanges back on, then rebuild the rest of the
> radiator with all now
> solder joints for $250.
>    After reinstalling the new radiator, (I just had
> my old one patched
> up. I'll do the new core next time) with new top,
> bottom, and by-pass
> hoses, I started the truck up. I immediately noticed
> that there was
> allot of bubbling in the radiator. 
>    After changing the oil, I let it warm up. When it
> got warm I noticed,
> first, a puff of white smoke, then another, then 2,
> then 4 then a steady
> stream of smoke.
>    SO, after calling all around me, I had to call
> Northern Auto Parts
> for a Fel-Pro Head gasket set. Had it 2-dayed to me
> and got it today. 
>    Today, I broke down the whole top end. I had a
> weeping expansion plug
> in the back of the head, so; I managed to find 5
> steel plugs in the
> stores here around me. I'll replace all but one in
> the front. 
>    Also, since I have all this apart, I will be
> putting my square bore
> intake on in-place of the spread bore.
>    I have something to do tomorrow, so I won't get
> the truck back
> together till Sunday.
> -- 
> Dan Nees <cookiedan@domain.elided>
> 



	
		
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