VFRMAN
SILVER Star
Just realized how long it's been since I've been on MUD. Damn!
The short version is my head gasket blew a year or so ago. Kept driving it back and forth 3 miles to work thru the winter (aka 0-10 degrees below zero everyday) so it would barely heat up by the time I'd get to work. If it did start to rise, I'd shut it off and coast with the fan on and it would go down just long enough to roll into work. 10 hours later, repeat......
*Would obviously not advise this routine as a long term (*or short term for that matter) plan for any other 80 owners with bad head gaskets.....I even resorted to changing the oil every few weeks just so it didn't sit with milky oil very long. Crazy how damn good it still runs by the way with an (original) blown gasket and 315,000 miles.
Anyway, looking to do just the minimal amount of "extras" while I'm in there because she's really starting to rust away and dumping the typical excessive amount of things you SHOULD do just doesn't seem prudent. She's had a long hard life but has never let me down so it's tough to not throw everything at it.
Anyway.....here we go.....
The short version is my head gasket blew a year or so ago. Kept driving it back and forth 3 miles to work thru the winter (aka 0-10 degrees below zero everyday) so it would barely heat up by the time I'd get to work. If it did start to rise, I'd shut it off and coast with the fan on and it would go down just long enough to roll into work. 10 hours later, repeat......
*Would obviously not advise this routine as a long term (*or short term for that matter) plan for any other 80 owners with bad head gaskets.....I even resorted to changing the oil every few weeks just so it didn't sit with milky oil very long. Crazy how damn good it still runs by the way with an (original) blown gasket and 315,000 miles.
Anyway, looking to do just the minimal amount of "extras" while I'm in there because she's really starting to rust away and dumping the typical excessive amount of things you SHOULD do just doesn't seem prudent. She's had a long hard life but has never let me down so it's tough to not throw everything at it.
Anyway.....here we go.....