Swing out radiator, antifreeze color, compressor belt, and . . .

[Curt Sprenger]

Brent,

Do you plan to make the chassis heaters work? Or do you plan to go
without them?

To make them work...all the chassis hose should be replaced. A tough
job. The little radiators can be rebuild if needed.

If you plan to go without the chassis heaters...plug off the lines at
the block and the radiator using new short sections of hose, inside
diameter plug and a hose clamp.

To make the radiator swing out without draining the coolant...the
radiator tanks need to be modified (the location of the inlet and
outlet), and longer hoses are needed. The wanderlodge sites have good
information on all this.

Good luck.

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, Calif.


Brent Swartzentruber wrote:

>This question just occured to me after reading one of Tom's old
>posts about draining the coolant - do I have to open some valves
>somewhere (heaters?) in order to get all the coolant out.
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>The previous owner said the engine heaters don't work, but that
>could mean anything coming from him. Are there valves for these
>heaters that could be trapping coolant?
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>Brent
>77FC31
>Ventura, CA
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>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Brent Swartzentruber"
><swartzentruber1@...> wrote:
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>>I'm in the process of pulling apart the front of my 77FC31 for the
>>first time. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it has a
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>>out radiator (the previous owner didn't know what that was when I
>>asked, but the original owner must have been on top of things).
>>None of the hoses are long enough to allow it to swing out, so I'm
>>guessing I will have to drain the coolant and remove the hoses to
>>properly inspect the front of the engine and the belts. Any
>>recommendations on hose and/or hose length for this setup.
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>>I drained a small amount of coolant from the radiator. It was
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>>clean and a yellow color. Any ideas on the brand of coolant?
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>>The dash AC is out of commission, so I'm tempted to remove the
>>compressor. How big of a job is this? Is there a drain for the
>>freon or whatever?
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>>Oh, and I figured out too late that the bumper swings down. What
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>>great idea.
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>>thanks in adance for the help . .
>>Brent
>>77FC31
>>Ventura, CA
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