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Re: Rear AC Not Cooling for Long [jman15]

by heatertreater on Tue Oct 28 01:56:07 PDT 2008

The rear system has it's own heater core and AC evaporator core and a DC motor controlled blend door to regulate air flow through the cores. The system has the same basic problems as the front HVAC system, but generally the plenum box is easier to access. In our experience, when they go bad, most people just turn it off and drive the front system harder. The system operates by always driving air flow through the evaporator core and the blend door then diverts some or all of the air through the heater core. Heat is achieved by turning off the AC compressor and pushing un-refrigerated air through the heater core. AC has the compressor on and the heater core blocked. And of course, there are all the variations in between to regulate between full heat and full AC. Depending on the position that the blend door falls to when it breaks, it makes sense that blocking the flow of heated coolant through the heater core would restore AC. It sounds like the system is always blowing air through the evaporator and with a broken door, through the heater core. The system would cool, then heat the air, killing AC. With the hoses pinched, the air is still flowing through the heater core, but with no heat, it doesn't affect the cooling effect of the evaporator core. Heat would still work since with the compressor off, all air would be heated to the max. The biggest problem might be that the system gets too hot. You might want to look into installing a valve in the rear heater hoses with either electronic control or just turn the valve like a water hose and just switch it around to match the season. If it's just the kids in the back, freezing in the winter and sweating in the summer builds character.....do nothing ;-)

It will be interesting

by boaz47 on Fri Oct 17 18:13:37 PDT 2008

To see how this all turns out. We gave 700 Billion, looks like it will be more like 800 Billion to people that don't contribute any products to our country. All they do is make money by speculating on what people will buy. What a waste of our tax dollars. Make the wall street brokers go out and sell pencils. But no we will give corporate heads loanes so they can spend big bucks on failing executives that have driven the companies into the ground. Either we are capitalists or we aren't but I do agree with some that we need to take a view that it is our country against everyone else. We need to see how other countries respond to the downturn and make sure our companies aren't competing with other companies supported by they government. How will Japan respond to what Business week reported on October the 8th. Posted by: Ian Rowley on October 08 In a shocking day for Japanese stocks—the benchmark Nikkei index had its third worst session in history, falling 9.4%—Toyota’s recent stock slump accelerated. By the close of trading at 3pm, Toyota’s stock was down 12% on reports that its earnings will fall a worse-than-expected 40% this year. During 2008, Toyota is now down an eye-watering 46%—and this at a company which is still expected to make over $10 billion this year. If Japan or Korea or even China start propping up their auto industries we would only have two choices, prop up or own or Tariffs. Neither idea is all that thrilling. Maybe if we let them find their own solutions they will do a better job of meeting the consumers needs or someone else will meet them for us?

Re: i dunno [qbrozen]

by boomchek on Fri Oct 03 16:17:06 PDT 2008

Sounds really fishy especially like texases said from a "knoweldgeable" car guy who owns a few older pieces. We haven't talked about what to do yet He can do whatever he wants, you don't have to do anything. :D For all you know the mechanic could be his buddy, who could be playing along here to see if you can "pay" for some stuff, or cover part of the repairs. OR The buyer could be one of those eccentric collectors who might brag that they "never looked under the hood of a car when buying a car", and it came back and finally bit him in the butt, or his mechanic loathes working on Italian cars, or knows nothing about them and told him he made a "mistake" and he should get rid of it because it's "falling apart", or his wife told him to get rid of it once she found out he bought another car, or he's had buyer's remorse and knows he's stuck with it but he's testing the waters to see if you might feel bad about this "situation" and cave in and take the Alfa back. It seems like he's giving you the runaround because he doesn't know himself what the problem is (if any at all). If he would know then he would have told you, instead of asking you to call the mechanic about it. If he calls my conversation would go like this: Him: Did you talk to my mechanic? You: I tried getting a hold of him but he hasn't called back OR Yeah I did and he thinks the car is falling apart, to which I disagree. Him: I'm not happy/I want to return it/Help me pay for repairs etc..... You: I represented the vehicle as fairly as possible. You were aware that it is a 20 year old Italian roadster, and you being a car nut, frankly, I'm surpised that you are calling me about this wanting me to____________(insert what he told you here, pay for repairs, refund, take car back, give some money back). I know when I shop for cars I always look under the hood, and give them a good drive, and get my mechanics to check them out. Having seeing your collection I assumed that you know your stuff, hence I wasn't really concerned that you didn't do all those things. Maybe your mechanic just scared you a bit as these are eccentric cars, and they're not always perfect, not even when they're new from the factory. I'm not sure why the mechanic said it's falling apart, when it sure wasn't when you bought it and drive it. Otherwise you would not have bought it from me right? I have owned this car for XX years and I had no problems driving it in as is condition. If you would like to improve on it's current condition, then feel free to do so, however please don't expect me to contribute to that financially. Otherwise it's a very enjoyable car to drive as is. Don't let a mechanic scare you about it. By the way have you experienced driving it with the open top yet? It's a great feeling isn't it? OR Insert another feel good comment here. ;) See how it all ended on a good note? Plus you throw the ball back into his court by stroking his ego a bit about his car knoweldge, because even a 16 year old first time car buyer will know that private sales are final, and that should be no excuse for a car collector buying a 20 year old italian car. Heck even if you would mention it's concourse shape, it's up to him to do an inspection beforehand. Try the script I wrote. He might not be happy but it's not your problem anymore. Your ads were fairly detailed. Plus the price reflected the condition. :shades:

Re: More from the wackos in the GW cult [gagrice]

by larsb on Tue Sep 30 10:25:11 PDT 2008

Are you just now finding out that meat eaters are the major cause of Global Warming? PETA has been using Pam Anderson to spew that line for a while now. Rice paddies also cause Global Warming. The methane gas released by the meat animals is considered to be 23 times more potent as a climate change agent than carbon dioxide. Multiply this with 55,000 million cattle that are reared the world over for meat consumption, and you will have a fair idea of how much additional heat is being generated. Imagine if China and America alone were to reduce its meat consumption by just ten per cent every year, wouldn't the world's environment be much cleaner and cooler? And this brings me to another aspect of the global warming debate. Cultivation of rice too is blamed for releasing methane into the environment. With 97 per cent of world's rice grown in Asia, the Asian rice paddies are being accused of adding on to global warming and also sucking the land dry. Since 5000 litres of water is required to produce one kilo of rice, Asian farmers are blamed for the falling groundwater levels. In the recent past, there have been suggestions to reduce the rice plantings so as to not only conserve water but also to save the world from warming up.

Re: 1988 Bonneville - Sepentine Belt falls off [imidazol97]

by dsroth on Sun Sep 28 19:36:10 PDT 2008

The belt is installed correctly, under full tension and aligned properly. How do I tell if it is the water pump pulley or tensioner pulley?

Re: 1988 Bonneville - Sepentine Belt falls off [imidazol97]

by dsroth on Sun Sep 28 19:34:28 PDT 2008

Sorry, I missed that reply... How do I know if it is the idler pulley or the water pump? Should the water pump pulley turn freely when the belt is not on? Thank you for your help!