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Old 02-15-2012, 01:05 AM   #3 (permalink)
Frank Lee
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Blue - '93 Ford Tempo
Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US)

F150 - '94 Ford F150 XLT 4x4
90 day: 18.5 mpg (US)

Sport Coupe - '92 Ford Tempo GL
Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US)

ShWing! - '82 honda gold wing Interstate
90 day: 33.65 mpg (US)

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Perhaps I can add some pics tomorrow.

Yes, a manual rack would probably be the best, and although rare for this car, they do exist. However, being lazy AND cheap, looping the lines seems the easy yet effective way out.

On a separate but related note, the replacement radiator will be smaller than stock. I thought I was so smart with my stockpile of 4 Tempo radiators- a lifetime supply! Alas, three of them are the plastic tanked kind- as what's in the Coupe- and they ALL leak, and the local shop refuses to try to fix them. The fourth radiator is all-metal, from an '84. But since it's smaller, I'm also having to re-engineer the radiator mounts and electric fan as that stuff all changed from '84 to '92.
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