can't win for losing....

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  1. mean_maverick

    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    well i had a blowout a few days ago. finally found some nice used tires (not paying $800 for a new set to do the same damn thing) and i put them on today at a friends garage. was out driving it around and the next thing you know, i get that nice sweet antifreeze smell coming from my vents and it starts fogging up my windshield.... so what do ya know, i need a heater core. ive had more trouble out of my car in 7 days than i have in 7 months :(
     
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    thats how it always happens
     
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  3. mean_maverick

    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    yeah, and i have a show coming up this weekend.... :rolleyes:
     
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    man thats bad luck. at least its not that bad... unless you has factory air then i know your pain. any ways good luck.:oops:
     
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  5. PINKY

    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    heck just by-pass it until you get time...money or whatever to fix it, then you can make the show.
     
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    Mavman72 Gone backwards but lookin' forward

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    When it rains... it pours Dave.I'm with John...block off the heater core and go to the show.
     
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  7. mean_maverick

    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    ya know, ive seen it a thousand times but neevr thought about doing it myself. i may just do that. i ordered a new one at Advance tonight but may wait till i feel like putting it in :yup:

    hell, it's supposed to be 70+* degrees this weekend so i dont think ill be needing heat anyways :cool:
     
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    greasemonkey Burnin corn

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    Sorry for the luck man, i been on a string much like that for seems like two years now.
     
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  9. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Awww, quit wining and come off some of that money! If you gonna play...you gotta pay!!! :)
     
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    LOL, dont sweat it. just bypass like stated above. i didnt have my heater hooked up for years because i lived in the bay area where it only got down to the 30s once or twice a year... just had a towel for when the windows fogged...
     
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    maverickfever maverickfever

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    I feel your pain;lost half of a front end 72 grabber to a GOOD used tire.DRive her anyway. YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAV DOWN!!!
     
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    just share some of your's and we'll both be better off... :D
     
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    If its no AC its not a bad job at all. Did mine in the car over my lunch hour. You will need to bend a tool to pop off the box clips on the upper right side. Short of that its a quicky. I took the heater hoses off under the hood and pulled them out with the core. Installed new hoses and clamps and back in it went. Nice to have heat and defrost up here in the evening and morning.
     
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    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    yeah, non-a/c. i switched out the heater box for non-a/c when i put it together last year :thumbs2:
     
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    David **** happens:D
     
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