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lobo said:
my 97 chevy s10 used to do that sporadically. like rod said, my problem was pressure in the lines...or lack thereof. turned out i did in fact have a pinhole and had to pay someone to fix it. :(

also dave, thanks for the 66 tip. i fucked around revving it with some starter fluid and sure enough it was a bad gasket under the carburetor. replaced the gasket and now it punches like a champion!
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Cool brotha, Im glad I could help. I wouldve gone back to the carb guy and shoved the bill up his ass for that, cause he should replaced that when he rebuilt the carburator.

I may not be fantastic at SC but I can do some hot rods!!

HRD
 
Hopefully this thread won't close.
I want to work on cars(like fixing them and all), but I lacks the knowledge.
So I'm gonna ask a lotta questions(while studying up) in this thread. Hope you don't mind HRD.
 
Ok, I collided with a coyote one night. I heard a hissing when I finally got a chance to check out the damage (minimal I'm guessing) but my AC doesn't work anymore (just blows hot air) so I'm assuming that hissing was my AC's coolant leaking out. I've been afraid to check it out further due to cost concerns. Is there a ballpark rate I'd likely be looking at for something like this?

Also, how hard is it to glue down a dashboard that's started curling up around the vents due to heat?
 
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Marginal said:
Ok, I collided with a coyote one night. I heard a hissing when I finally got a chance to check out the damage (minimal I'm guessing) but my AC doesn't work anymore (just blows hot air) so I'm assuming that hissing was my AC's coolant leaking out. I've been afraid to check it out further due to cost concerns. Is there a ballpark rate I'd likely be looking at for something like this?

Also, how hard is it to glue down a dashboard that's started curling up around the vents due to heat?
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Damn Coyotes....cant they use the cross walk??

If you hit the coyot from the front, you prolly did a few different things. You wither broke your AC condensor (most likely) or you popped an AC hose. Thats what the hissing sound was, The sound of your refridgerent leave the system.

To put it in laymens terms as best I can.....Your AC condensor (sits in FRONT of the radiator looks like a small radiator) condences liquid refridgerent to a vapor. The coolant then goes from the condensor to the AC accumilator. The accumilator holds all the moister that gets in the system and prevents it from getting back to the compressor. Now that you have leaked all your coolant out, your accumilator is now contaminated. so you not only need to replace the condensor but the accumilator and oriface tubes (or expansion valve, basically its a AC in line filter) and refill it back up with coolant. Honestly it can be quite expensive depending on what kind of car you have. AC is one of the most expensive repairs you can do to your car. But you live in Cali!! It doesnt get that hot.....roll down the fuckin window....LOL.

Gimme year, make, model & engine size and I can tell you a ballpark of what your looking at.

As far as your Dash goes. LOL gotta love californias heat!! Does cool damage to plastic. Auto-queers, Pep-girls, or some other parts retail sells a 2 part expoxy that comes in a suringe. when mixed together, it makes for some sticky ass shit. Lay some epoxy down and get something heavy or some clamps of some kind and let it sit over night. That should help.

HRD
 
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