Had quite the day yesterday. Started out good but ended kinda lame.
Got up early and started working on getting the lift in. Started with
@eimkeith strut tower reinforcements. Got the coilovers installed, made some mounts for the limit strap clevis’s. Moved onto the rear and got the
@eimkeith PCK installed, and the JL coils installed. Man, it drives so much better with better suspension and the PCK. Like a whole new vehicle.
@4runner DOA &
@Airdog met me at my place and we headed out to Indio to top off gas and head up to Joshua Tree. Well we were like 2 miles into the dirt when the heater control valve broke on me. Lost a ton of coolant but was able to bypass it. Tried to burp it while we were out but didn’t have much luck. We tried a few times but didn’t have luck. Used up most of Danny’s spare water jug messing with it.
Ended up driving home and the temps stayed pretty mellow for the most part.
Today I replaced the heater control valve, the thermostat and flushed the system (without the thermostat in place). I had the front and rear heaters on max both during the flush and when I was filling up. Went for a test drive and within a few miles of going uphill it started overheating again. Let it cool down, and drove back home. Doesn’t have any issues going downhill.
I picked up a combustion leak test kit. Seemed to do fine. Fluid didn’t change colors at all. Coolant system seems to hold pressure well (haven’t actually pressure tested it yet).
Gotta figure it out ASAP since I’m supposed to be in Havasu this weekend to do some wheeling.
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