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Subject:Re: dash removal, heater core flush, pedal assembly work
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Tue, 1 Feb 2011 18:41:01 -0800

reminds me of a tongue twister... housewife and the tinker talking
about pot repair:

"Are you copper-bottoming 'em my man?" "No, I'm aluminuming 'em ma'am."

I had a used spare core to swap in, but I decided to try cleaning my
core with this aluminium cleaner which is diluted fluoric acid and
some detergent. It sure brightens up the metal and it flushed out a
lot of sediment from the core. I realize this is risky, maybe the core
is weak to begin with and this hasn't helped, but I did it, so there :)

Pulling the dash is quick, putting it back in and getting the wiring
connected nicely is slower.

alistair

On 1-Feb-11, at 6:08 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> You said 'aluminium' - thanks!  ;)
>
> I'm going to have to do this chore pretty soon - my front heater was
> giving
> me whiffs of hot coolant in November, but I bought some time with two
> bottles of Radweld... My dash is complicated with the Behr In-Dash
> AC - oh
> well.
>
> Jake