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Originally posted by princetonprep17
Faulty thermostat was the cause but the radiator had been taken out and pressure tested at that time, water pump taken off and looked over, thermoswitches checked out. I don't have a pressure tester up here at college with me so no, the system has not been pressure tested yet. I will get the bellypan off as soon as I can but the post was more towards asking anyone else who has had a coolant leak on the drivers side where they found out it was leaking from.
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i had 2, #1 from the nipple/seal into the rad for the recovery tank, #2, a small crack just below the thermoswitch.
i tried jb weld and no worky, replaced the rad from partsheaven.
neither leaked much but over time the level in the recovery tank would go down.
at the time i also thought i had a bad cap on the '84, wouldn't hold 13 psi so i replaced it with 1 for a later model that is a 13# system and had leaks where i'd never seen them before.
the old cap was ok/lower pressure and with the replacement rad, new nipple-seal/rec tank, the system was tighter than dick tracy's hat band.
i got some rhino ramps from checker for $25 and luv 'em.
