Heater core rebuild questions

Posted by Brandon On 2008/11/19 15:00:44

First off sorry to start another thread about this. I'm posting from my phone and I can't find the previous one.

It took me a few months to get the darn thing almost done, and now I can't find the little latch that holds the control cable to the core. And I was wondering if anybody knew where to get one. I know I had it but I've been looking for two weeks straight now, and winter is coming, so I really need to get some coolant back in it. I'm pretty sure I've had the system open to air for far too long.

Also if I wanted to flush the core could I do it with metal ready? Asuming I rinse it well.

Also off topic I spotted a white 55 (I think based on the headlights) patrician in a lot by the Ross island bridge in Portland. It was behind a fence so I couldn't get a real good look at it, but it didn't look in to bad of shape.

But atleast we know there's another v8 out there that's not destroyed completly.