Search results

  1. jaymac

    Do I HAVE to replace my timing chain cover gasket now?

    cool, thank you guys - J
  2. jaymac

    WHERE IS the blend door??

    yeah, but even when I top it off and burp it, before it has a chance to leak, it's still not hot. i top it off daily, it never gets TOO low. Even my fiance's Tbird which has a radiator leak, still singes your eyebrows with its heat.
  3. jaymac

    WHERE IS the blend door??

    so then the blend door is the one that I can see opening when I turn the knob from "Off" to "vent"? Is it supposed to have any more movement when I turn the knob from hot to cold? basically, my heat will blow a little warm, but certainly not hot. The heater core has been flushed, heater hoses...
  4. jaymac

    WHERE IS the blend door??

    OK, awesome pic, now this: Is the blend door then the big one you can see if you look under the passenger footwell. When I turn my control knob from the Off position to the vent position, that door opens. Is there another door that opens or closes when I adjust the heat from hot to cold that...
  5. jaymac

    Do I HAVE to replace my timing chain cover gasket now?

    Back to the original question, though: if I can remove the bolt w/o puling the cover, has the gasket already been compromised beyond acceptable levels?
  6. jaymac

    WHERE IS the blend door??

    ttt
  7. jaymac

    Heat not working properly

    Joe, my system still won't suck back the coolant from the overflow. I let it sit for 3 days, and I lost about 1/2 gal. coolant through that leak developed from the broken water pump bolt. Could that leak also be de-pressuriaing the system and prohibiting the system from sucking the overflow...
  8. jaymac

    WHERE IS the blend door??

    I need to know where it is, how to get to it, how to check it, where the vac hoses are located under the hood, what to check, etc. THANKS! J
  9. jaymac

    Is the AODE serviceable?

    The shuddering thing is interesting. In her car, the whole thing would shudder in Park or Drive intermittently for a minute or two. i figured it our last night. Her fan is a junkyard piece, and is zip-tied to the radiator, as the brackets are broken, and whenever the fan turns on, the car...
  10. jaymac

    Blend door stuck

    Resurrection!!! I'm trying to diagnose my own lack of heat - does this vacuum line also apply to my 88? And it attaches to the tree? Where does it go to from the tree? Thanks! J
  11. jaymac

    Do I HAVE to replace my timing chain cover gasket now?

    I could also just weld a bar on to the end of the bolt and twist it off. That's what we did to get the original broken bolt out. Weld on a bar, and apply a torch to the block/timing chain cover and wd-40 to the end (seperately, of course), and work it back and forth for 20 minutes till it cam...
  12. jaymac

    Do I HAVE to replace my timing chain cover gasket now?

    Well, how about the whole EZ-out thing? That was my original plan - jrichker outlined the steps for drilling, EZ-outing, etc. Where do I get those steel pins, anyway?
  13. jaymac

    Could this be why my Heat desn't work well?

    Thanks for the interpretation. Now, how bout that Blend door? Is it the big one on the bottom or another one I haven't checked?
  14. jaymac

    Do I HAVE to replace my timing chain cover gasket now?

    Nope, it broke off right in the middle of the threads, mostly in the block itself. So there's only about 1/4" or less left in the block/timing cover. And there's not even any thread left to grab a hold of and put another bolt w/ washers in there... :bang:
  15. jaymac

    Do I HAVE to replace my timing chain cover gasket now?

    Well, jrichker has given me a prats list of all the tools I'll need to "most likely" be able to remove the bolt w/o removing the timing chain cover, depending on how deep it is. I've read the gasket swap info in my manual, but was just wndering real world terms how much it sucks. Do I have to...
  16. jaymac

    Could this be why my Heat desn't work well?

    which one is the blend door? Right above the passengers feet, I can see the big door that opens when you turn the vent "on". Is there another door too? If so, where's it located and how can I check the operation? "IOW", what's that stand for?
  17. jaymac

    Do I HAVE to replace my timing chain cover gasket now?

    Synopsis: I have a broken water pump bolt. It is broken off inside the block. I consequently have a leak coming from in between the block and the timing chain cover. Will it be enough to fix the broken bolt and torque it down, or will I always have a leak in the timing chain cover now due to...
  18. jaymac

    Could this be why my Heat desn't work well?

    Shot in the dark here, but when I removed my AC, I [very crudely] cut the hard A/C lines that go into the firewall right around the heater core. They are all jagged and bent up. I think I stuffed a ball of masking tape into one of the exposed tubes...:nonono: Anyways, I was just wondering if...
  19. jaymac

    Is the AODE serviceable?

    But was it serviced regularly its whole life? How long between changes for you?
  20. jaymac

    Is the AODE serviceable?

    So, some agreement, huh??
Top Bottom
Back
Forums
Menu