Re: RE: RE: Hot Hot Hot

From: Matt Beazer (teseract@moparhowto.com)
Date: Mon Jun 01 2009 - 02:18:24 EDT


Ouch. Sounds like putting my hand in a meat grinder and having a buddy
plug it in for me. ;)

It didn't get hot at all coming home tonight (25 minute drive) at
least. But then it was only like 75 instead of 90 degrees out.
Wouldn't surprise me if it's the clutch fan (it's never been very stiff
when I spin it) or the lower rad hose getting sucked shut, or a clogged
radiator... so I'll just go ahead with my plans for the Taurus fan,
replace the lower rad hose with the spring one, and for $128 an aluminum
radiator sounds like hood insurance to me.

Looks like the transfer case leak might be the o-ring on the
speed/distance sensor going south... it's a bit "gooey" up there. The
sensor is working fine but you can't buy the o-ring separately as far as
I can tell, so I guess I'll just pay the $25 for a new one and hope
that's it. I hope I'm not just throwing good money after bad. :)

MattB

Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
> Heck, we do it the easy way. Hold the fan, crank the engine...if you can't
> hold onto the fan, it's bad. (Yes...i'm serious - "don't try this at
> home").
>
> - Bernd
>



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