Re: Gremlin drive report : 4 days driving a '74 Gremlin...

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Subject: Re: Gremlin drive report : 4 days driving a '74 Gremlin...

Mildred : Don't forget - use only Distilled Water . Same as the water
for use in Irons -
Shop Rite has it . Ditto for the Battery . Tap water
has minerals & will clog
the lead plates in the battery - making it weak &
eventually useless .

Virtually the same scenario for the Radiator . Shine
a flashlite into the radiator.
If you see allot of white deposits on the copper fins
- have the radiator "boiled out"
and "paint sealed" at the local Radiator shop. 
Squeeze the hoses. If they feel
firm and taut - they are OK . If they are "spongee"
- replace them .

Use an antifreeze mix in the Radiator. This keeps
your boiling point very
high - which means it won't boil over in hot stop and
go traffic.

Read the labels on the different makes. 

Some are "wild life friendly" while
most are not. Anti - Freeze in water supplies is
fatal to animals. 
This makes changing the Anti - Freeze difficult as
where are you going
to dump this where it won't get into the water supply
later ?




Brien
1981 GREMLIN 4X4
'fresh from the car wash'