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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    only one fan, and it does blow when i get it up to temperature. the reason i don't think the radiator is blocked or the stat is stuck closed is because a mechanic the other day said it looked like i had good flow in and out. also when the gauge does spike real fast it cools down almost as fast...
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    the guy at the shop is bringin in an infrared thremometer today. how hard is it to get to my thermostat.. don't you have to pull the tb's out (crossfire)? can you just point it at the block for a good reading? i'm trying to do this as cheaply as possible. ... one more question for the masses...
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    100 bucks to get a couple leaves out well everyone, today i dropped it off to have the radiator pulled and cleaned... there were a few leaves in there, but other than that it was okay. that didn't fix the problem. made sure the pump, fan, and stat were working again.. and still same problem...
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    **update** well thanks everyone for your advice.. just dropped it off at a radiator shop to have it pulled and cleaned will let you know how it goes.:ohnoes
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    looking forward to seeing what you find out. i dont have the manual... wouldn't understand it if i did have it... i'm pretty interested in ignition timing now after reading some replies here. my engine went in first, then the tranny,, then i pulled the cat... seems to me like ignition timing is...
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    i guess the way to check the sending unit would be to manually check the temp somehow. it would be pretty hard to test the liquid temp with a liquid thermometer with the cap off... i suppose one of those laser-lookin' thermometers that you point at stuff is my best bet eh?.. would i just point...
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    thanks g, .. how do i check ignition timing? would it be expensive for a mechanic to do that or just a quick look?
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    it seems to run fine. it sounds real good (imho), low rpm steady idle.. as far as the timing and stuff.. i honestly have no idea. i don't know how to tell.
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    oookay here's the deal. i let it idle for ten mins and the fluid temp was still L0. then i started cruzn real light thru the neighborhood. stop go stop go.. all around 20-25 mph. it would heat up pretty fast but stay around 200. but as soon as i would drive with a little rpm (17-20) it...
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    btw minifridge, your car is awesome
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    that is a very good question. it seems fine at idle. it actually will stay within limits going easy at town speeds for fifteen mins or so. but definitely pegs on the highway. i just went out and turned it on to see if it stays good at idle for ten mins or so. if it is good at idle.. what is the...
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    yeah, when the engine was out i cleaned up the radiator fins.. i checked yesterday to make sure there wasn't a dead raccoon or something stuffed in there : )
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    hi Ron, im glad ur on this morning. from the looks of it the radiator it is flowing great. i guess i could have some blockage of some sort to the outlet to the engine. you suggest a flush? i had it flushed when i put the new engine in. am i doing something wrong when i'm burping it?.. i'm just...
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    Help! the diary of a lemon

    so, i got a rear-end put in, gota new engine, put in a tranny from an 88... new dash cluster, pulled the bread loaf out and hooked up the insides with some carbon fiber, yanked the cat, finally got the projection lenses working right, pinned on some borla mufflers, screwed on some KYB shocks...
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    Question: bulb in projection lense

    meh tokidoki is the name of the seller on ebay. it means "sometimes" in japanese. so, i guess this means that sometimes the shit he sells works,,,, and sometimes it doesn't.:chuckle
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    Question: heat barrier labor

    about how much would it cost to have somebody put in an outside heat barrier in the tunnel over my tranny? i just had a new trans put in and i forgot to have this done at the time. the center console is dangerously hot :mad and i don't think under-carpet barrier is gonna do the trick.
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    Question: bulb in projection lense

    ;help i installed some projection lenses a while back that have a black housing instead of a reflective backdrop for the bulb. under the actual projector is a little bitty bulb poking out of the housing with separate wiring from the bulb socket itself. i assumed on installation that the...
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    diff between 84-88 trans

    hi guys i need to know what the electrical differences are between the 84 doug nash tranny and the 88. i replaced the 84 with an 88 and the 88 is missing two electrical "plug-ins" that the 84 has and the overdrives don't work. anyone know what these plugins do? or how to get the od working? the...
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    anybody want my old doug nash?

    i have a doug nash 4+3 getting yanked out of my '84. it needs the overdrives rebuilt and the carrier bearing upgrade. holler if interested- will cut you a pretty crazy deal. :thumb
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    can't keep it up.. lol

    holy cow kane! a fred nietzsche quote on the corvette forum.. "-and if you gaze long enough into a corvette, the corvette gazes also into you."
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