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Anfurnyy
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- Jul 4, 2020
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Rapid City,
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Finished the alternator swap. Clipped off the old terminal and crimped on some new ones. I say new ones because i didnt have a new ring terminal that would accept TWO 8ga wires at once. I used 2 single 8ga ring terminals. Hopefully this works. Soldered them on for better connection too.
Moved over to trying to fix this damn coolant leak/drip from the thermostat housing. Its always dripped since i got the car up and running. Im not 100% sure where its coming from but after today my Hunch is that the Housing is cracked.
I pulled out the Temp sensor for the Dash, and plugged the hole with another bolt temporarily. I wrapped some teflon tape around the threads and screwed it back in. Yes i know this is an NPT fitting so it shouldnt need the tape but i wanted to make sure that, that sensor wasnt what was leaking. Got it all back together and started the car up to make sure the alternator was good and it was.
Swapped out the battery ground to the Firewall/chassis. That was easy to do, dont need to explain that one.
Started the car and let it run for awhile monitoring battery voltage for when the fan kicked on. Idling with the fan off the voltage was like right at 14.0v, and when the fans kicked on it only dropped to like 13.8, and then back up to 14.0-14.3. Looks like the alternator is working good so far.
let the car get up to temp and checked thermostat housing again and its leaking bad still.. I tried to tighten all the nuts, but they were all pretty damn tight already. When i tried to tighten the top 2 nuts, it REALLY started pouring out the bottom of the housing. Basically right off the bottom bolt. I tried tightening the bottom nut and that didnt work..i took a few videos of where its leaking but i cant really tell exactly where its leaking from. Only that its coming from somewhere above the bottom nut on the housing.
I know its not the gasket as i just swapped that gasket out before i dropped it off at the body shop with a new one.
My buddy has a new housing and a new gasket he is going to let me use and im going to get it swapped out tonight after work so that i can still make it to the show tomorrow morning.
*looking at the video again i think i see the crack. right above the bottom nut*
Moved over to trying to fix this damn coolant leak/drip from the thermostat housing. Its always dripped since i got the car up and running. Im not 100% sure where its coming from but after today my Hunch is that the Housing is cracked.
I pulled out the Temp sensor for the Dash, and plugged the hole with another bolt temporarily. I wrapped some teflon tape around the threads and screwed it back in. Yes i know this is an NPT fitting so it shouldnt need the tape but i wanted to make sure that, that sensor wasnt what was leaking. Got it all back together and started the car up to make sure the alternator was good and it was.
Swapped out the battery ground to the Firewall/chassis. That was easy to do, dont need to explain that one.
Started the car and let it run for awhile monitoring battery voltage for when the fan kicked on. Idling with the fan off the voltage was like right at 14.0v, and when the fans kicked on it only dropped to like 13.8, and then back up to 14.0-14.3. Looks like the alternator is working good so far.
let the car get up to temp and checked thermostat housing again and its leaking bad still.. I tried to tighten all the nuts, but they were all pretty damn tight already. When i tried to tighten the top 2 nuts, it REALLY started pouring out the bottom of the housing. Basically right off the bottom bolt. I tried tightening the bottom nut and that didnt work..i took a few videos of where its leaking but i cant really tell exactly where its leaking from. Only that its coming from somewhere above the bottom nut on the housing.
I know its not the gasket as i just swapped that gasket out before i dropped it off at the body shop with a new one.
My buddy has a new housing and a new gasket he is going to let me use and im going to get it swapped out tonight after work so that i can still make it to the show tomorrow morning.
*looking at the video again i think i see the crack. right above the bottom nut*