Ever Victorious Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 and considering it was me resurrecting it, 2 months is probably a really short time for completion of that little "project". Thanks to Smart Service, it now drives straight, has power steering, and doesn't overheat. Turns out the thermostat WAS stuck closed. There's a new Failsafe thermostat in there now. The car still runs a LITTLE hot, but not nearly as bad as before. Apparently neither radiator cap will hold pressure, so I need to replace those to finish the cooling fix. But it ran well from Shoreline up to the emissions station in Everett, where I sat around idling for about 20 minutes... passed emissions with flying colors, and drove home just fine. I just put the tabs on it, but it's kinda hot and the A/C doesn't work, so I'm not going to play with it till later this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Glad to hear you got things going. The Shoreline area is where I grew up. We were back there in May visiting family. It's a nice area to live if you can handle the heavy traffic at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever Victorious Posted August 5, 2006 Author Share Posted August 5, 2006 Glad to hear you got things going. The Shoreline area is where I grew up. We were back there in May visiting family. It's a nice area to live if you can handle the heavy traffic at times. I'm also from Shoreline, graduated from Shorecrest in '96. Traffic wasn't really a problem when I was growing up there, but the area has grown so quickly, yet the infrastructure hasn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I too graduated as a Highlander. The year was the reverse of your graduation year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daeron Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 good to hear about your XT6.. my dad bought one new in jan 89 (i was eight) and ive had a special place in my heart for soobs ever since.. and im sorry, but it is REALLY weird to hear two alaskan natives comlaining about the growth in recent decades, and specifically "dealing with the traffic" Im sure that you are right in what you say, and i am totally ignorant to the area of the country you are talking about, but i live in southeast florida (palm beach, 60 miles north of miami) and i am also a native of my hometown, with family going back 70 years.. so to me alaska is kind of an inverse function to whats happening here.. and im sure that there is alot of growth.. but like i said. It was funny when i read the dialogue, and then saw that you were talking about a region not in washington, or california, or vermont, but in alaska..... i must add, alaska kind of makes me think twice about your comment about the "hot out right now, no AC" as well.. since i live in a sweltering swamp with an AC that blows a decent bit cold during the heat of the day.. but just that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Actually, we were talking about a area in Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever Victorious Posted August 6, 2006 Author Share Posted August 6, 2006 Cougar... My father attended Shorecrest about that time, I think. Daeron... thanks for the post. And actually, I've been to Alaska before, and you'd be surprised. The summer I went there, it was actually warmer in Anchorage than Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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