Semi-Taking-Car-Out-Of-Storage
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Next Sunday, weather permitting, I will be driving my car 12 miles 
from my grandparent's garage, to my house. My car currently has no 
front end body panels on it. I plan to put the hood back on, but the 
front fascia, lower airdam, and both front fenders are not on the 
car. It will be quite a site, and I hope to get a friend to take a 
picture of it crusing down the freeway like that. However, I am 
mostly concerned about my cooling system. Last fall, I had no 
cooling problems at all with the 4000 miles I put on it since I 
bought it. But last weekend, I opened up the engine compartment for 
the first time in 4 months, and the header bottle was empty. I 
checked the cooling lines under the car, and almost every single 
rubber connector had some sort of small leak. I am not terribly 
concerned about this though, since I will be replacing every rubber 
hose once I get it home. My concern is that air might get trapped in 
the system when I top off the header bottle. I have not yet 
installed a self bleeder, as I planned to do that at home when I was 
working on the whole system. When I top if off and start the engine, 
should I open the bleeder screw a little and let it run for a few 
mintues like that, or is there a huge complex procedure I should 
follow? I prefer it to be as simple as possible since after I get it 
home, it will be sitting for another 2 months while I conduct my 
30,000 mile tuneup. Thats when it can get complicated and I wont 
care. Thanks for any advise.

Jim Reeve
MNDMC - Minnesota DeLorean Club
DMC6960






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