radiator trash
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Burning Brakes
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Le Mans Master
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From: Hellinois
Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Modified
Just a tip on the wire mesh. Home Depot also carries gutter guards which are a tad bigger than the opening of the bottom of your Vette. They are only about a buck apiece and you hardly waste any of it. They also make great gill inserts.
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My hot tip is to seal the bottom of the A/C condenser to the shroud where all the trash sneaks in. I used two lengths of foam rubber with sticky on one side, 3/8" thick by 1/2" wide. Two pieces because of the way the bottom edge of the condenser is shaped. The home improvement stores have rolls of this stuff. The last time I took it apart I found ONE LEAF, nothing else.
Le Mans Master
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From: Hellinois
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Thanks, glad you like them. I wish I had known about the foam rubber thing too, or thought of it myself. I just had mine all apart doing a cam change. My bottom screen has been in place though for about 4 years and when I pulled the rad to do the cam there was very little junk in there. Believe it or not there was a bird carcass in there the first time I did it.
Burning Brakes
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Thanks, glad you like them. I wish I had known about the foam rubber thing too, or thought of it myself. I just had mine all apart doing a cam change. My bottom screen has been in place though for about 4 years and when I pulled the rad to do the cam there was very little junk in there. Believe it or not there was a bird carcass in there the first time I did it.
I'm thinkin that you had possible diseased air blowin around you, you didn't happen to get sick durring that time did you?
