I know your location as well.. been through there often.. I had an old
Plymouth Turismo that liked to overheat when I lived in Phoenix, AZ.. Went
to a HD radiator,.. and then wouldn't even over heat when I cracked the cyl
head.
Aaron Wyse
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Barnes" <rascal@scrtc.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 10:29 AM
Subject: DML: RE: Overheating '95
>
> I know Ardmore well. I grew up in Huntsville, graduated from Butler HS,
but
> that was many years ago. Yep, gets hot there.
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Azie L.
> Magnusson
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 8:17 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Overheating '95
>
>
> I live in Ardmore, Alabama which is a VERY small town
> on the Tennessee State line and 3 miles East of I65.
> Summer time temps are near 100 with humidity close
> to the same @ times. In the mid to upper 80's already
> this year.
>
> Truck is a '95 CC 318 auto loaded up pretty good.
> I've towed a F250 4X4 from Detroit on my 16' trailer.
> No problems @ all.
> In '03 I purchased a '56 Merc Montclair over in Yadkinville,NC
> and went and towed it home on the same trailer. This is when my
> overheating problems started. Coming home on I40 just East of
> Ashville there is a Mountain that is pretty tough. I was in the
> extremely slow lane with the 18 wheelers trucking along @ roughly
> 25 mph(1st gear) watching my gauges all the time. The temp
> began to rise, but I wasn't overly concerned because the truck was
> after all in a constant strain. Temp gage never got to the max - only
> about 3/4 of the way to max. About 1000 yards before the crest of
> the mountain the radiator BURST. Not the plastic end caps,
> but rather the metal top that the cores are soldered in. I
> immediately pulled into the extreme right lane and stopped.
> Was towed in to Black Mountain. Spent the night in a Motel
> and next day found a radiator @ Advanced Auto and got it installed.
> Ever since that incident I've had to install a new radiator about
> every 2 - 2.5 years or It will overheat during normal July/August
> days even without the A/C on. Truck now has 165K miles.
> I've changed out every component in the cooling cycle and it has
> not helped other than the radiators. After installing a new one, it
> does not overheat under any conditions for roughly a couple of
> years. Looking into the radiator through the cap opening the cores
> (flues) do not look corroded or clogged. I'm currently going
> through the process of looking to install a new radiator.
> (Slight Overheating already )
> Any and all hints and suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Azie
>
>
>
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