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Ok - So some of you might remember about a week ago that my lower hose blew off my t-stat and I was stranded about 8 miles from my house. After a $56 AAA membership, I got Tricky Dick back home.
Since then, I have ordered a new lower hose and a 180 degree t-stat from Lucky8
To avoid a hose blowing off again, I have picked up some worm gear hose clamps to replace all the OEM clamps on every hose with the exception of the hose that "used" to go to the throttle body heater.
Today, I removed all the hoses and flushed they system. Tomorrow or later this week, after everything dries out, I plan to reassemble and start the bleeding process.
I would think the higher the front of the truck the better, no? Not really tilted to the side?
the inlet and return for the heater core come out on the passenger side. There is about two inches from the base of the top heater core hose and the top of the heater core itself. Thought is that the tilt in the passenger side will allow any air in that two inch gap to escape.
i don’t have a bleeder valve any more so giving this a shot to see what happens
Tricky Dick - Cooling System V4
