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Old Jan 1, 2009
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this sucks

idk what it is, i think its the a/c coil, but i drilled a hole into it.
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and this came out, it looks like compressor oil
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Old Jan 1, 2009
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why did ya do that?
 
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i cant tell anything from that first pic but i wouldnt doubt you screwed up lol...

why where you drilling?
 
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putting in gap gaurds for my body lift and i didnt look where i was drilling like a dumbass
 
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its that black box on the passenger side on the firewall, its got two tubes going into it.
 
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oh heater box i think? crap because the AC can is round on the passenger side any more pics?


why drill when you can just use zip screws for the gap rubber?
 
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i was just drilling new holes for it because i didnt like the way it fit with the prexisting holes, and im using those push clip things that they came with.
 
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is it the over flow bottle of the radiator?


ac isnt green...
 
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if you poped AC did you get a HUGE white cloud of smoke? thats what will happen
 
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kinda white, it had quite a bit of pressure that let out.
 
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That looks like radiator fluid to me.
 
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that black box on the left on the firewall, thats what got drilled into, right under the pcm
 
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Ya, heater box. So you lost your radiator fluid.
 
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whats the easiest way to get it open or get it apart? i shined the light into that hole and i saw where i got it, i just need to get it open and some j.b. weld should hold it. i just got it at the VERY bottom.
 
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i would use fastweld over JB weld
 
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fastweld? never heard of it but ill look for it. where can you get it?
 
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i got mine at nappa its less runny
 
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