hello all long time since ive been able to work on car. it sat for about 8 months. cranked it up let it run and recharge battery come to temp ect. and it starting pouring coolant through air conditioning below dash.

1. is this familiar to anyone?

2. how do i get coolant to bypass air conditioning?

Sounds like your "Heater Core" has gone bad. You can loop the inlet to the outlet on the water pump while you replace the heater core.(if you need to drive it)

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1964 Dart GT

thank u for the direction. helps to have a good idea where to start. i think i would like to remove ac all together. where would coolant be routed if the had been no ac?

You can disconnect the heater hoses at the firewall and plug them into each other under the hood and that will eliminate the coolant/leak from under the dash. Of course, your heater will not work until you pull the Ht/AC unit from under the dash and replace the heater core.

Lou

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Home of Slant6-powered fun machines since 1988

To The heater core... just the same.

A/C has freon flowing through a separate set of lines, while heat uses engine antifreeze to warm the cabin.

Having A/C is a nice feature and make a car more valuable (and enjoyable to drive in warm weather).

Just bypass as suggested, and you've got all summer to think about if you want to keep the A/C before winter comes and you'll need heat.

Heater core is not expensive to replace with your labor. You will need heat for defrost once weather turns in the fall when fog & due become troublesome at night.

Detroit Muscle has a heater box rebuild kit available which will make the box function as new.

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