Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project

Good info Jr.

I fixed the video so its visible. you do have to be pretty close to see what's going on, so maybe its just fine and I'll roll with it. I'm going to find someone to weld bigger ends on the compressor housing so I can re-use everything i have now. Then i have to clock the main body so the oil passages face the right way and wait for my new gasket for it in the mail and I'll be good to go.

The overheat is still an issue I guess. I drained all the coolant, and then pulled the pump. About 1/2 gallon of coolant proceeded to drain out after that while i was unprepared for it...

But alas, the vanes on the water pump seemed just fine. I replaced the pump anyway. I was almost sure I had it. I have not put coolant/water back in because I haven't solved the problem yet I think.

Another symptom I can think of here is that the heater does not blow hot air. I'd think it would, and the heater core is not leaking or anything. That's another reason why I thought water pump - maybe it wasn't pushing water that high into the system, since the heater core sits above everything else.

I switched over to do some painting with the '74 since I was frustrated, but I'll get back to the turbo slant tomorrow. It's dark now and I was a little heated when I saw the water pump came out clean and functional and all that coolant spilled out. I thought for sure I had it all drained.

ALl the coolant came out neon green - no issue whatsoever, not even brown in the least bit. So I am still not sure it could be a head gasket, could be a crack in the block or something, but I'm not seeing any coolant loss either to suggest that, and no steam spray from anywhere when it's running.

I'm still curious why it was puking at 190*... I am using a mechanical temp gauge also.