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Thanks guys and girls for the support ......... I really appreciate it .........

But now I'm really confused ......... remember I said that a whole bunch of us tried to find the source of the massive coolant leak, and couldn't ........... it was pouring off the right exhaust pipe beneath the header (caused the temp gauge to peg at 240*) ........ but no one could find a source ........ everything around the radiator & hoses looked good, freeze plugs all seated and dry ............ so I figured we lost a water pump and the coolant was running out from below the pump and down the block

... so today I filled the radiator back up, sealed the system, and cranked him up expecting to see the leaking pump ........... it heated up tp 180*, kicked on the fan, and stayed there .......... for 10 minutes .......... so I buttoned up the nose and took him for a drive .........for another 20 minutes ........ creeped back into my neighborhood at 20mph and he heated up to 190 and stayed there all the way to the house ......... just like normal ............. man am I confused .......... no coolant leaking anywhere ........ tightened all the hose clamps just for safety sake, but none was really loose .......... the only damage I could find underneath was a popped end on my speedo cable going into the tranny

... anyone have any ideas .......... almost like the trip into the bar ditch scared him and he threw up, but now his stomach has settled

Yeah, probably just scared the...........coolant......out of it!

Don

Originally Posted by Old Coyote

... anyone have any ideas .......... almost like the trip into the bar ditch scared him and he threw up, but now his stomach has settled

John,
That is indeed a head scratcher. I went back and looked at your pictures of the engine & cooling hookup and nothing seems to fit what happened. How rough was the ride in the bar ditch? Many times they are a wide, smooth, very gentle slope, but I've ridden a couple that dropped sharply to a low ditch. Just wondering how much you torqued it, and what your rpm's were doing during the ride?

it wasn't an extremely steep slope, but it wasn't a gentle one either ......... rpms were probably in the 1500-1800 range .... we were rolling along about 45-50 mph (the speed limit on that stretch of highway is 50 mph) .......... the car slid rather smoothly down to the bottom and under acceleration was able to pull itself back on to the highway .......... I didn't feel any major impacts ......... the return to the paved surface was squirrely because of the wet and muddied Pro-Tracs

Thanks for your help Roger .......... I'm at a loss ......... kinda like waiting for the other shoe to drop