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WowShipFixer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:40 amMisery. I can see one big plastic piece in the pipe bend right under the heater return to the radiator. Can't grab it. Going to try to finish up the heater core lines so I can pressurize with air and maybe blow it out. Big enough that worse case, it "should" just eventually get trapped in the radiator top tank, there's no way it will get through the fins. But it's there...
AArgh!ShipFixer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:07 pm...and then the drain plug in my all aluminum radiator snapped on the last attempt to drain distilled water to fill with coolant. Argh!
Good news is everything else was working just great on water. Going to get whatever radiator is available today, so I can pull the CSF and have the plug removed, or tapped, etc.
I trust myself in unscrewing a raditor out of its brackets hooking up hoses and reinsterting and rescrewing in.
I am currently eyeing the R53.ShipFixer wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 7:04 pm
This may be the year I break down and get the Ford Explorer ST, which seems to be the only thing that ticks all the boxes for me. The Explorer Limited would be a "parallel" move from the Pathfinder, losing some 4WD capability I no longer use but giving me the same capacity internal storage for bikes and boards. The ST would be an upgrade with room for yet more upgrades (intercooler, springs, etc.).
Yes, and it isn't your grandpa's VQ. DGI and electric IVT's, among other things. Really nice power, but do remember to decarbon it periodically like any DGI.
VStar650CL wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:57 am
How expensive is that at the average dealer and does the average dealer know how to do it properly?