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Update:
Ok...to answer a couple of questions...or provide feedback as the case may be.
1) I checked the outer part of the heater core...and it is "clean and free" of dust, dog hair, etc.
2) I checked the heater hoses while at "operating temperature" and they are "warm".
3) I could not remember about the lesser know gasket, when I replaced the thermostat, so I asked a couple of friends that were on hand...and no one knows. Because of this, I ordered a new top and bottom gasket from Toyota....TBC
4) The rear heater lines are no longer blocked off. Previously I had each line "blocked" independently with a large bold that was held in place with a hose clamp...SOP. However, since I have inserted a "T" with a screw-off cap so that fluid is allowed to easily pass, and I can also check by unscrewing the cap to tell if fluid is occupying that space
5) Mojave is not an option...not interested...may become an "I told you so later" but not interested now.
6) I can tell that the valve is open because when I pull the large "pull for heat" knob on the dash, the valve inside the firewall actuates...and the wire that connects to the valve gets shorter pulling the lever(top of valve assembly) up towards the hood.
7) The valve should not be clogged as I recently replaced it and flushed the system before I replaced the valve.
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Observations:
The hoses in my system seem to be...for lack of a better word "flaccid". When the system is at operating temperature I can easily push them with one finger and the give quite a lot. I am not sure if this suggests that the system needs to be "burped" as Idave put it, or not.
*I did however try my best to "burp" the system, with little success....I am thinking that the gasket might help with this as well.
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Questions:
1) not sure what the heck "bad coco" is talking about a "valve that comes off of the head"
2) "Rush55" as far as I know the knob should be dash mounted in the '77, just like my '75. Yours have been relocated, but the premise is the same.
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Finally:
1) Y'all can call me a "pussy" all day long when it comes to cold! I am from Texas, and as far as I am concerned, that is how I should naturally react to the one-month incontinence that everyone refers to as "winter".
Bottom line is it will not stop me from driving my 40.
Ok...to answer a couple of questions...or provide feedback as the case may be.
1) I checked the outer part of the heater core...and it is "clean and free" of dust, dog hair, etc.
2) I checked the heater hoses while at "operating temperature" and they are "warm".
3) I could not remember about the lesser know gasket, when I replaced the thermostat, so I asked a couple of friends that were on hand...and no one knows. Because of this, I ordered a new top and bottom gasket from Toyota....TBC
4) The rear heater lines are no longer blocked off. Previously I had each line "blocked" independently with a large bold that was held in place with a hose clamp...SOP. However, since I have inserted a "T" with a screw-off cap so that fluid is allowed to easily pass, and I can also check by unscrewing the cap to tell if fluid is occupying that space
5) Mojave is not an option...not interested...may become an "I told you so later" but not interested now.
6) I can tell that the valve is open because when I pull the large "pull for heat" knob on the dash, the valve inside the firewall actuates...and the wire that connects to the valve gets shorter pulling the lever(top of valve assembly) up towards the hood.
7) The valve should not be clogged as I recently replaced it and flushed the system before I replaced the valve.
================================================================
Observations:
The hoses in my system seem to be...for lack of a better word "flaccid". When the system is at operating temperature I can easily push them with one finger and the give quite a lot. I am not sure if this suggests that the system needs to be "burped" as Idave put it, or not.
*I did however try my best to "burp" the system, with little success....I am thinking that the gasket might help with this as well.
================================================================
Questions:
1) not sure what the heck "bad coco" is talking about a "valve that comes off of the head"
2) "Rush55" as far as I know the knob should be dash mounted in the '77, just like my '75. Yours have been relocated, but the premise is the same.
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Finally:
1) Y'all can call me a "pussy" all day long when it comes to cold! I am from Texas, and as far as I am concerned, that is how I should naturally react to the one-month incontinence that everyone refers to as "winter".
Bottom line is it will not stop me from driving my 40.
