rough week

["K Creason" <dmc4687@xxxx>]

It's been a rough week with the D...
First-- a coolant leak around the pressure cap. After it cooled off and I
filled it up I noticed that the cap wasn't all the way tight and that let
the coolant escape. I think I will replace the 20 year old cap as well as
the plastic bottle. heh. Is there a market for plastic bottles in good
shape?
Second-- the louvre doesn't like to open now. It hits the t-panel on the
right side as it first lifts. I took off the plastic screen that secures the
t-panel rear edge and it is extremely warped. I don't think it hold the
t-panel down tight. But the louvre also looks higher on the left side than
on the right. I seem to remember that the louvre hinge system is adjustable.
Anyone got some hints on that?
Third-- the car wouldn't start and smelled flooded when I went out to leave
for lunch yesterday. It would start to turn over and cough along for a bit
and if I hit the gas it would die. The engine wasn't exactly hot it had been
three+ hours since last run but it was almost 90 already. Does this sound
like the hot-start problem? I've never experienced that and am not sure.
Fourth-- an orange wire w/ inline fuse in the relay compartment, out near
the outside wall, looks all hot and melted. It wouldn't come out easily. Is
this one of the wires that fixed the fan-fail problem? And, I take it, it
has been working too hard. Martin I may have to go dig out all the notes
about making your device and try to locate a source for those parts real
soon. Maybe I'll get John's low-cost fix until I can get that one built.

Sigh....
-Kevin
#4687
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