Connie
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Ughh, no AC in the summer in Texas would be horrible. Went through Texas on the way to Mexico City this past summer in Connie with no AC, and it was 90 degrees and humid as hell. It was horrible, and the leather didn't help. Connie is missing the receiver/drier, the condenser, and half of the AC lines that go with that. Everything in front of the rad is gone. It was like that when I got it; the previous owner had an overheating issue and that was his solution. His problem was actually buildup inside the thermostat housing not allowing the gasket to seal properly no matter how tight the bolts were. It would weep, but not drip, and just be a little damp around the bottom of the t-stat housing; but losing enough pressure to cause the car to overheat on the highway at anything over 70mph. There was green coolant in it when I got it, so maybe that was the problem. 320k km with the blue stuff and never had an issue. 30 seconds with a wire wheel and a new gasket solved that problem. But maybe between my parts cars I can get it working in her again.
The black car has everything in place, hopefully it works. I haven't checked it yet, it's still way to cold to tell if it actually works lol. Obviously this is a much smaller issue that it would be for a Texan, being all Canadian and stuff. But it's still nice for that four or five days out of the year that it's actually necessary up here.
The black car has everything in place, hopefully it works. I haven't checked it yet, it's still way to cold to tell if it actually works lol. Obviously this is a much smaller issue that it would be for a Texan, being all Canadian and stuff. But it's still nice for that four or five days out of the year that it's actually necessary up here.