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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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I made some progress on my HC swap today. All that's left are the pushrods etc, which are on order.

In the meantime everything else is done. I just have to button up the exhaust and fill her up with fluids.

Boy! The radiator is a pain in the *** to get in there if you're by yourself!

And what a dope I am. After having the intake manifold completely installed I look over on the bench and to my horror, what do I see sitting there but the two plugs that go in the back of the heads to block the coolant. An hour or two later, and many scratched knuckles I got those suckers in there without taking the manifold back off.

Now my question: There's one thing I seem to have forgotten. On the passenger's side of the throttle body there are two spigots. WTF is suposed to be attached to the top spigot? I don't see any stray hoses left.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 08:07 PM
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Ah, I thought so. I have the bottom one connected but I couldn't see a remaining hose to connect to the top. It was dark, I'll have another look for it tomorrow. Thanks for the assistance.
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the bottom one is for the coolant line from the radiator, the top I believe is for PCV, there is a pipe that connects to the pass. side valve cover. hope this helps
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the bottom one is for the coolant line from the radiator, the top I believe is for PCV, there is a pipe that connects to the pass. side valve cover. hope this helps
Yes! That has to be it. The hose must still be on the valve cover, which was sitting in a box next to the car lol. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by chewy99ws6
the bottom one is for the coolant line from the radiator, the top I believe is for PCV, there is a pipe that connects to the pass. side valve cover. hope this helps
ya thats it
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