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thank you

Anyone else have one of these for sale? Mine is rotten on top.

Thank you so much for your thoughtful response, Petros. And thanks to everyone else for responding as well.

I did order a good thermostat but haven't had time recently to do much (still in the process of settling in here in Vermont).

I'll work on gathering the right tools.

Any recommendations for a compression tester? I read on here that someone needed a 20mm adapter, but it looks like most online go up to 18mm.

Unplugged radiator fan and it went right on when starting the car, so does that mean the thermostat was causing it not to turn on, or do these mechanical fans run anytime the car is on? The radiator also sounds like it's sizzling--does this mean there's a leak? Or that it was clogged with debris whi...

It also looks like coolant is seeping out of the top of the radiator

Radiator fan is not working!

I'm going to start it up today and confirm that the fan is running and will update. I've driven it probably 80-100 miles since the timing belt was replaced. One other thing we just discovered is that the previous owner also removed the temperature control knob on the AC/heater panel, so there's actu...

We replaced the hose, refilled with coolant and it's still overheating. I have a new thermostat for it but have not replaced it yet.

the previous owner removed the AC

I looked and that fan is definitely still there. I thought there was another smaller one that was visible. Maybe its purpose was to cool something else. I cannot see that one anywhere now.

The top coolant line burst. We replaced it and it is still overheating. We haven’t replaced the thermostat yet. What’s puzzling to me is there was definitely a visible fan at one point, and it’s either no longer visible or is no longer there.

We've had a 1985 SR5 Manual Wagon for a few years and have had a little work done on it over the years, mostly by mechanics that don't seem to want to work on this type of vehicle, or don't know what they're doing. Recently had it overheat and when we checked, the coolant line had burst and the radi...

My husband and I bought a 1985 4WD Wagon back in October, and it needs a lot of work. New head gasket (we think), total AC replacement (the seller removed it), heater core, driver's-side door handle and window crank, rear sway bar, possibly issues with the radiator. Some rust but we were told it's m...