[V8] Couple of questions/funny picture
toml99 at todomundo.com
toml99 at todomundo.com
Tue Jul 29 22:23:58 PDT 2008
Hey, well I finally dug into the "deal of the century" pearl '93 just
to get the hydraulic pump in to test drive and see if it's worthy to
hemorage time and money. I thru in the "new" hydraulic pump(thanks
ron) today.....beat me to death trying to get at all 4 rear bolts,
till I looked at the picture again, and it seemed to tell me "just
the center two"....didn't know till I verified, that the spare
serpentine belt for my 3.6 won't fit. Looks like the rack is
probably the major leak that caused the pump to seize and snap the
shaft....Since there was a pile of brass shavings in the intake hole
(pump to reservoir)...I'll assume it's elsewhere. Question 1..Is
there a filter and where is it located? Should I try and flush some
of the lines before connecting to the pump? The other thing was the
brake reservoir was also empty. I'm still not completely clear how
the hydraulic "assist" works, but seemed noteworthy that they were
both empty. No apparent leaks at the wheels. Underside is quite wet
from the rack back, and I hope when I fill it back up, it doesn't
just hose out the rack.....Car starts and runs immaculate(even with
the issue related to the picture). Just want to drive it a bit and
see what else is wrong before I decide what to do with it. Question
#2....Where are the block coolant drain's located? Car still has
green coolant in it, and it's been in there for a few years at least,
and I want to drain it and book says to drain the blocks, and even
shows an arrow to a meaningless pic to me. When I bought the car
and drove it onto the dolley, a mouse ran out of the engine
compartment......the pic shows where he was living....Sincerely Tom
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc268/blackmouth_photos/KNmouse.jpg
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