Re: [ihc] Hot under the collar.

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

Check the cylinder heads... Yes by all means.

I'd also drain the oil and see if there is any coolant
down there.  Probably isn't but...

I assume it didn't get hot enough to seize.

Steve

--- mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@domain.elided> wrote:

> 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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