Man, wotta buncha wimps! Here you are, braggin' about all the nice drives you've
been takin' in your mild Bay Area weather, and now you're whinin' about heaters!
Why, when I was your age, I drove a WHOLE WINTER up here with NO HEATER AT ALL,
'cause the heater core leaked so bad. Hadda scrape ice off the INSIDE of the
windshield in addition to the outside!
Oops! 'Scuse me. Having a Senior Moment here. ;-)
Actually, a roadster heater will do quite a good job of toasting you out of the
car if everything is working right, but that usually means removing the heater
core and having it boiled out or maybe even rebuilt. Yes, it's a pain to get it
out, but it doesn't have to be done very often.
DemonTSi@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/3/99 10:35:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> daniel@seaport.net writes:
>
> << I was racing down the freeway, two hours late as it was, when I felt this
> very odd sensation between my legs. A pinhole had developed in the heater
> core and it shot me perfectly.
>
> I will most likely try and just boil and weld it back, but I may consider a
> new core. Does anyone have one that they may be looking to get rid of? >>
>
> Was it nice and warm??
> I'm REALLY considering getting rid of my core which I think is still
> functioning properly. I'd really like to know how well a stock heater core
> can work first though. Or if it'd be worth while to swap in a unit from
> another make car...
>
> Van
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Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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