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FAILED! Magic stuff in a bottle *coolant system REPAIR!

Reply #45 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;404228
There are some really cool videos on Youtube from Cash For Clunkers. One of my favourites is a Jeep Cherokee with the 4.0. The thing runs for about three minutes, making God-awful sounds, then blows up (lots of smoke & steam, engine parts flying, the ground underneath catches fire)... Then it keeps running. For another three minutes or so. Those old 4.0's were tough...

YouTube video:
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

FAILED! Magic stuff in a bottle *coolant system REPAIR!

Reply #46 –
Holy shiznit! That 3.8 just wouldn't die! You could hear it throwing rods one by one, but it kept running til it only had 1 left.  I might just change the way I think about those old 3.8's.

FAILED! Magic stuff in a bottle *coolant system REPAIR!

Reply #47 –
wont change my opinion lol. to many head gaskets done on them.

i did my first set in a sable, at 12 years old. (with my dads help of course)

FAILED! Magic stuff in a bottle *coolant system REPAIR!

Reply #48 –
its odd, i put over 375k miles on my white coug 3.8L, never had a headgasket blow.

FAILED! Magic stuff in a bottle *coolant system REPAIR!

Reply #49 –
Quote from: TheFoeYouKnow;404194
I'm with 'stack and Tom. Pull the dash. That firewall is part of the structure and if you whack it open, you'll wish you hadn't.  I could probably do one in my driveway in about 6 beers. 12 if I get an assistant to help handle the dash.

this car has climate control and to that note, per Erics comments / updates to the coolcats.net, tech article, "IF your car has ATC, then teh whole air box must come completely out".  not sure how many beers this would take, usually a beer for me at the grill is 15minutes.
Since that is the case from what i verified again today by double checking the adise mentioned on his site, i opt'd to just not go this route.
too many varibles inside the dash of my 20th to risk. 
i dont see my mod being a structural issue, there are holes all in the fire wall anyway for everything from brakes, AC core, wire harnesses, ect.  one more carefully cut hole shouldnt be an issue.  i could be wrong though.

FAILED! Magic stuff in a bottle *coolant system REPAIR!

Reply #51 –
for what its worth, take the dash out. its not hard. just time consuming. mark everything, take tons of pictures.

i would never think of cutting a hole in a unibody firewall. these cars flex enough as is.

FAILED! Magic stuff in a bottle *coolant system REPAIR!

Reply #52 –
Quote from: jcassity;404296
this car has climate control and to that note, per Erics comments / updates to the coolcats.net, tech article, "IF your car has ATC, then teh whole air box must come completely out".  not sure how many beers this would take, usually a beer for me at the grill is 15minutes.
Since that is the case from what i verified again today by double checking the adise mentioned on his site, i opt'd to just not go this route.
too many varibles inside the dash of my 20th to risk. 
i dont see my mod being a structural issue, there are holes all in the fire wall anyway for everything from brakes, AC core, wire harnesses, ect.  one more carefully cut hole shouldnt be an issue.  i could be wrong though.

Just done my heater core a month or so ago. Mine has ATC as well. Did not have to pull whole air box. It wasn't pretty though.

FAILED! Magic stuff in a bottle *coolant system REPAIR!

Reply #53 –
thanks chrome,  better late than never, this is something eric could add to his tech article.

pulling the core though the engine bay was second choice,