[V8] Torn Boot Idea..? (used to be Cooling Labyrinth, used to be POP...)

[Coleman, David]

That's the steering rack boot, and the conventional take on type 44s
(V8s, 200s, 5ks) is that when the boot goes, the rack's not far behind.
To (properly) replace the boot requires the rack to be removed and
partially disassembled.  Then reinstalled.   Then reasonable chance rack
needs to be r&r'd again in the near future, especially if there's a
substantial crud build-up.

Biggish $$$ if you don't do it yourself.  Not one to heed my own advice,
I recently had my boot replaced rather than do the whole rack (rebuild
yours for ~$250) due to time constraints.   Fully expecting to have to
do it within next 12 months.

That all said, I've never heard of a slipcover boot application here,
but what the hell, if the rack's doom is imminent anyway, why not see
what you can come up with?

-DaveC.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Klein, Nathan P
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:26 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Torn Boot Idea..? (used to be Cooling 
> Labyrinth,used to be POP...)
> 
> I was pulling the engine cover, airbox, reservoir, etc. off 
> my car Thursday night to check out where the coolant was 
> coming from and happened to notice a pretty torn boot a few 
> inches down from the distributor.
> 
> This happened on my Volvo back in '95, and I "slipcovered" 
> the old boot with a larger boot.  Wonder if this approach 
> would work here?
> 
> What do y'all think?  Whatever is inside that boot (is it
> steering-related?) is getting increasingly covered in crud -- 
> and some protection has got to be better than no protection.  
> Didn't explore it much (was almost out of daylight), but it 
> looks kind of difficult to get to, and therefore expensive.  
> More than my grad student budget will allow for right now.
> 
> Any thoughts or comments are highly regarded as always.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:kneale at coslink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:14 PM
> To: Klein, Nathan P; v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: The Cooling Labyrinth??? (used to be POP!!..hiss..)
> 
> Sending unit is the electrical connection on the bottom of 
> the expansion tank that signals a low coolant level.
> 
> At 11:41 AM 8/31/2005 -0500, Klein, Nathan P wrote:
> 
> >What is the sending unit that you're referring to?
> >
> 
> 
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