Re: IML: 73 Overheating..(and more)

["john sadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

Since you mentioned the heat riser, I'd start there to be sure it is open. 
The one on my 60 used to move by hand & I accidentally closed it & the car 
started to overheat. I also had a 66 many years ago that I eventually 
discovered the real hot running to be part of the inside of the muffler 
broke off & was plugging the exhaust. This was after the pressure side power 
steering hose broke twice from the extreme heat & started a fire both times.
John
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Subject: Re: IML: 73 Overheating..(and more)


> If the car is getting that hot you better check the cataltic converter. 
> Sounds like it is getting plugged up.   Also check your radiator for cold 
> spots in it after you have ran it awhile.  Run you hand around the fins 
> and see it you have cool spots vs warm spots.  If so it is plugged up.
>
> > From: jhplc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Hi List
> >
> > The good...finally got Thermoquad #4 to work..dash lights now 
> > work...there is a grounded screw
> > that holds the plastic housing for the dash floodlights...now that is 
> > grounded...they work..took a year and
> > a half to figure that out and a new headlight switch..,,Now the bad..
> >
> >
> >
> > Replaced the thermostat and radiator cap, and while the temp gauge 
> > doesn't even get to the 1/2 mark
> > (mid 50's temp today), there is a lot of heat coming off the motor, and 
> > the front passenger carpet gets
> > really warm..(exaust pipes under there).. and when the motor is shut off, 
> > coolant comes out of the
> > drain tube onto the ground...( car does not have the overflow tank).. So 
> > I put the old cap back on,
> > and while the coolant stays in the radiator, there is still  too mutch 
> > heat under the hood..
> > so after reading the repair section, it could be the heat riser 
> > sticking.( it moves by hand)... or
> > many other things..any guesses?
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Merry Chrysler
> > Happy New Yorker (76-78 NYB for Content!)
>
>
>
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