... can anybody tell me what I need to do to get this darn thing working? I ran it up to about 185F and then shut it off; it was still blowing ice cold out the heater vents. Strategic heater-hose removals revealed there was no flow going on.

I guess my next move is to pull the T-stat and see if that fixes the problem, but I thought I oughtta see if any of you guys were familiar with this phenomenon.

Thanks!

--Finn

p.s. I also removed the inop A/C compressor, in case that is relevant. There was a line that plugged into the T-stat housing, which I pulled -- I figured it was a sensor -- maybe it was a valve? I'm stumped.

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76 Merc 300D, sky-blue, *86k, for driving
84 Jaguar XJ6, black, 245k, for restoring someday
71 Merc 408, 2.3 petrol 4, Avon caravan conversion (UK), RHD

Before you remove anything, be SURE you don't have an air bubble in the system. Air will prevent good flow, and it's sometimes difficult to get it all out.

Gotta be an air bubble. Nothing else I can think of. Any ideas for how to get rid of it?

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Finn John -- Albany, Ore.
www.offbeatoregon.com
76 Merc 300D, sky-blue, *86k, for driving
84 Jaguar XJ6, black, 245k, for restoring someday
71 Merc 408, 2.3 petrol 4, Avon caravan conversion (UK), RHD

Yup I'm guessing an air bubble too. Sometimes squeezing the upper raditor hose a bunch of times will push the air through. Or try pointing the front of the car up hill while running it to encourage the bubbles to work back up to the raditor.

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Thermosta backwards might be also.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

heater core by-passes t-stat. get that air bubble out

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1996 s10 zr2 with a 6.5 turbo diesel
1996 c2500 suburban with a 6.5 turbo diesel
1981 300sd with a turbo 617
Monte carlo figure 8 car

Did you back fill coolant through the upper radiator hose?

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Park on a hill with the front up. Remove the upper radiator hose and fill the block through that hose. Reattach the hose. On that hill, run the engine with the heater on full blast. That should burp it.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Yes! We have lift-off! Thanks, everybody. Da sun is shinin', da boids is choipin' an' all is right wit da woild.

--Finn

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Finn John -- Albany, Ore.
www.offbeatoregon.com
76 Merc 300D, sky-blue, *86k, for driving
84 Jaguar XJ6, black, 245k, for restoring someday
71 Merc 408, 2.3 petrol 4, Avon caravan conversion (UK), RHD