Good Morning!

Well, I hope you guys have a better morning than me so far! 645am meeting at my work(off the clock, because of my ankle..). Left there at 730, headed to dunks, and uhh..

I was at a set of lights and a newer vdubb rabbit pulled up next to me.. Light when green and his tires squeeled so i was like " WTF?" so I hammered down.. Got ahead of him, then saw smoke POURING out from behind my wagon, im sure the guy couldnt see LOL. but at the same time im like " WTF JUST HAPPENED". Then I smelt coolant and my temp spiked.. uh-oh.. It was this thing?? wtf is it, whats it do, and why did it break??




I just pulled it off, went over to my parts wagon, WIN

I find it funny this happens 24 hours after you said I should buy a cheap b-body and sell the VW

But seriously, that sucks dude. I hope its a cheap an easy fix. *edit* saw that you have the parts. Thats good.


Btw, you still have that parts car? I may be interested in the rear seat assembly..oh and the quarters

Parts car is going next weekend, seriously lol. Ive said that a couple times, but its GOT to go.. Parts are there if you want them..

96Brougham wrote:

Parts car is going next weekend, seriously lol. Ive said that a couple times, but its GOT to go.. Parts are there if you want them..

You doing anything holiday related next friday? I have the day off, probably my last one til xmas.

that sucks. does the parts car u have have a good heater core? mine started 2 leak

96slowss wrote:

that sucks. does the parts car u have have a good heater core? mine started 2 leak

I'd assume so, cars only got 65k on it.. Heat worked when I drove it home after buying it..

how much u want for it?

96Brougham wrote:

Parts car is going next weekend, seriously lol. Ive said that a couple times, but its GOT to go.. Parts are there if you want them..

The blue or the gold parts car?

silverfox103 wrote:

96Brougham wrote:

Parts car is going next weekend, seriously lol. Ive said that a couple times, but its GOT to go.. Parts are there if you want them..

The blue or the gold parts car?

I dont have a blue or gold parts car, ive just got the white woody with tan guts..

96slowss wrote:

how much u want for it?

come take it out and its yours

Sorry, I meant the white one, or the blue one (de-wooded) one? I figured any more stuff goes wrong and you'll be parting out the blue one.

A brass barbed garden hose repair fitting works well there, too.

I just received two new ones from hamilton chevrolet as there are still a few left in the system. Before I realized that though, I used up two salvaged ones (with the green hoses) from my "parts 9C1s" & they BOTH FAILED. It is plastic & connects 5/8" to 3/4" straight through but has a 3/4" "tee" at 90 degrees. They get to this age and they are brittle. I would never trust them on my heater core outlet hose. I made up a new connector-TEE from brass barbed fittings from the "help" section at the auto parts store & got a 1/2" female pipe threaded three way tee (also in brass) from the plumbing supply. If you want a new one, try . . . http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Heater-Hose-T-Fitting-Impala-SS-LT1-Caprice-9C1-Buick-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem563fb3b481QQitemZ370435929217QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_619wt_941 . . . Mike, who handles the ebay dept there, is truly an excellent & knowledgable source, PLUS he owns several 9C1s. The original ones had the bent hose that goes up to the bottom of the expansion tank permanently attached with a tubular aluminum piece swaged over to grip the hose. I simply cut that aluminum piece off carefully & used conventional SS hose clamps to re-attach the 3/4"hose. No more leaks now. { $13.99 BTW for the correct original GM part! } I DO see that your heater INLET hose was the one that failed, but not ANY of my bubble 9C1s had that black plastic "fitting" at its end. On my cars, the heater core inlet hose goes straight onto a pipe on both ends. What is purpose of that devise? I imagine that it may be a "one direction check valve"