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hot car, maybe??? (17/27)
8/8/07 3:02pm

white heat
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sand springs, OK - USA

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1978 white w/blue interior it has 80-82 front & rear clips on it

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thank you guys for all of your great help. i will start looking at all of this stuff this weekend. thank goodness my shop is air conditioned.

thanks again,

karen

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hot car, maybe??? (18/27)
8/8/07 3:13pm

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sand springs, OK - USA

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1978 white w/blue interior it has 80-82 front & rear clips on it

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that's pretty good. i will have to get my yearbook out and look.

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hot car, maybe??? (19/27)
8/8/07 3:21pm

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1979 T-Top, Metallic Green ZZ4 350/355 hp 405 ft/lbs torque Dual Spal Fans 700R4 4 Spd O/D Transmission 2004 Z06 Commemorative Edition

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You have received lots of good advice above. All of it valid.

I would also suggest checking the timing as, believe it or not, it could affect the temperature of your engine. It may also help with your stall problem. If the timing chain has never been checked, it may be time also.

JMHO !

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hot car, maybe??? (20/27)
8/8/07 3:26pm

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Jim is correct. I forgot about that. I ended up going with an MSD Streetfire distributor due to mine being shot but once the timing corrected it did help some.

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hot car, maybe??? (21/27)
8/8/07 3:29pm

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sand springs, OK - USA

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thank you for some more advice. i am so glad i belong to this bunch. you all are just like a big family.

thanks

karen

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hot car, maybe??? (22/27)
8/8/07 3:36pm

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sand springs, OK - USA

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1978 white w/blue interior it has 80-82 front & rear clips on it

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the gentleman i got it from is a friend of mine and he had the car mechanically sound. he did a whole bunch of work to it and was getting ready to start the cosmetic end of it when i bought it from him. i am not

afraid to drive it anywhere, but when it is this hot and the a/c don't work, it pretty much stays in its shop. does that make me a wuss????

karen

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hot car, maybe??? (23/27)
8/8/07 3:58pm

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Nope. "Wuss" and "C3 owner/driver" are mutually exclusive terms, never to be mixed together. Anybody that loves these cars--and is interested in learning about them/working on them/bringing them back to their prime-- is certified 'good people', by our standards around this joint.

So rest assured that you're just a regular (well, Gold!) member now of this great big ol' Shark-lovin' family of ours. And it's great to have you here.

Be sure to keep us posted on your progress battling the heat. I just went out and bought a roll of Reflectix to combat mine! (I don't have working A/C either!)

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hot car, maybe??? (24/27)
8/8/07 4:45pm

white heat
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sand springs, OK - USA

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1978 white w/blue interior it has 80-82 front & rear clips on it

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thank you very much. my husband taught me a lot before he passed and i have been able to apply a lot of his teachings so far, but i still have a lot to learn. but i will get there

thank you

karen

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hot car, maybe??? (25/27)
8/8/07 10:04pm

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By the number of read/replies, you can see that cooling is a very familiar topic to most C3 owners.

Re-read the thread and follow all the advises (they were all excellent) especially concerning little things at first (coolant level & mix, bottom hose spring, top seal, thermostat, radiator cap, visual inspection of inside radiator, timing,...) Once all those "cheap" inspections are done (and/or fixed) see if you still have the problem (and 200 is not that bad, so don't rush into huge expenses; find all the small stuff first).

If you still do have a heat problem after all that, then you can start thinking about bigger things (more expensive...) like the radiator (aluminun rad. and a new bottom hose made a world of difference for me, but maybe your rad. is still very good; a collapsing bottom hose can cause a lot of problems and it's only 20$..) or even a dual electric fan like a lot of people are suggesting.

Anyway, all this to say that; if you start with an electric fan, you're just putting a band-aid on; the problem is still there.

btw; if you don't already have them, I recommend starting your Vette library with the followings:

-service manual

-assembly manual

-Chilton 68-82 Vette repairs (not many stores have Chilton; they have the other one; Haynes I think it's called. That works too if you can't find Chilton)

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hot car, maybe??? (26/27)
8/8/07 10:16pm

white heat
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sand springs, OK - USA

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1978 white w/blue interior it has 80-82 front & rear clips on it

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thank you very much. i have a service manual, but i do not have the other books. i will need to get those.

thanks a lot

karen

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hot car, maybe??? (27/27)
8/12/07 11:40am

JimG

Have you had a chance to look into any of this yet? We're interested in the outcome !

Jim

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