Does your Insurance company offer free towing? Most do upto $150 miles...
Bill Day
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'95 Ext Cab 3.9L Mag 4x4 Flame Red 3.55 LSD turning 30x9.50x15's
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve preston" <steves287dak@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:45 PM
Subject: DML: Heater core lets go at 37,500..........need advice.
>
> Aw,yeah. This would happen to me!
>
> The first thing I noticed,and this has been going on
> for a while,is that much of the time when running my
> air in defrost mode,I had to let the wipers
> periodically clear off condensation at the bottom
> middle part of the windshield.
>
> Then my wife began to smell something bad,even though
> I couldn`t smell it.
>
> Lately,it has no longer been able to defog the middle
> section of the windshield in the morning. I have to
> use napkins to wipe it off so I can see. Running the
> defroster at max cool keeps the entire windshield from
> fogging up too bad,but if I add the slightest amount
> of heat,the whole thing fogs up immediately.
>
> Today,I could see a vapor coming out of the AC vents
> as I drove,so I had to turn the AC off.
>
> Tonight,my wife took the truck to the store,and she
> saw the vapor also when she ran the AC. As she pulled
> into the driveway in front of the house,the heater box
> took a leak on her foot!
>
> It must have been coolant that had rolled around a
> little bit in there,because she said it was very
> warm,but it didn`t burn her,thank God.
>
> I called the dealer where I bought the truck,and told
> them the heater core is leaking. They said they should
> be able to get it covered under warranty,but that
> dealership is about 100 miles away! (Note to self,next
> time,buy from a local dealership to save from such
> headaches in the future!)
>
> It will not survive that long of a trip unless I
> bypass the heater. So where exactly do the heater
> hoses attach on the manifold? (I don`t have a manual
> for it,and I do not want to make a mistake.) This is
> a 2001 RC 4X4 w/4.7L automatic. Thank you. Steve P.
>
>
>
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