Anybody own an '83 diesel?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 4:02 pm
Turns out this '82 of mine's head seems to be in fine shape; it started up instantly, and there's no signs of leakage or power problems thus far...
However, it obviously has had cooling system issues; presumably the latest coolant work was a replacement plastic tank.
(The vans have a plastic tank resembling an expansion tank, but it's not. The regular big hoses hook up to it, and it carries the radiator cap. A seperate small plastic tank with the typical little 1/4in-ish tubing is still a part of the system, but to be clear, this tank is NOT the expansion tank like you see on a quantum or a rabbit.)
Their's still a sticker on the tank, identifying it as a '83 tank. The fittings for the hoses are larger than the '82 hoses, so the previous owner/mechanic stupidly jammed some adapter fittings in there, which caused the hoses to kink and then of course the van overheated, I assume.
What I'm wondering is this; to remedy the problem, might I just replace my '82 hoses with the larger diameter '83 hoses, thereby also increasing the efficiency of the system overall?
I guess I'm going to need to discover the diameters of the '83 hoses, to see if they'll clamp on to the '82.
Can anyone measure??
Thanks,
-Josh
However, it obviously has had cooling system issues; presumably the latest coolant work was a replacement plastic tank.
(The vans have a plastic tank resembling an expansion tank, but it's not. The regular big hoses hook up to it, and it carries the radiator cap. A seperate small plastic tank with the typical little 1/4in-ish tubing is still a part of the system, but to be clear, this tank is NOT the expansion tank like you see on a quantum or a rabbit.)
Their's still a sticker on the tank, identifying it as a '83 tank. The fittings for the hoses are larger than the '82 hoses, so the previous owner/mechanic stupidly jammed some adapter fittings in there, which caused the hoses to kink and then of course the van overheated, I assume.
What I'm wondering is this; to remedy the problem, might I just replace my '82 hoses with the larger diameter '83 hoses, thereby also increasing the efficiency of the system overall?
I guess I'm going to need to discover the diameters of the '83 hoses, to see if they'll clamp on to the '82.
Can anyone measure??
Thanks,
-Josh