Hi Brian,
thanks for the reply, don't worry about commenting on my car.. i know its still got problems, that's why i come here..
1. That picture IS a AC condensor.. that's the one that used to go in that hole.. i just thought i'd take a picture to show how big the hole was.
2. When i said "nice hole".. i merely meant convenient. I'm not good at welding, and trying to close that pan backup would probably be beyond me, and i thought that it would be an ok place to mount my ext. cooler.
3. My engine does run on the hot side.. i don't know if it's my gauges, or the engine itself.. i haven't found a friend that's got to a pyrometer to help me out. About 6 months back, it was having horrible response when it got hot ("hot" being beyond halfway on the gauge) but the response was fixed after i adjusted the valves, points, and timing... The heat is still there though, for example: if you live in california, you have an idea of today's weather, not too hot, but far from cold. I drove about 30 minutes on the freeway averaging about 80.. and the temp gauge climbed to about 3/5th of the way up. Is this normal?.. my impression is not.. but i'm not sure what else to check.
Well, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jeff