[T3] It's gettin' toasty

["Tony Adams" <tony@orb.micro.lucent.com>]

Okay, I am now officially convinced that my car is running too hot.  There a couple
of things that are obvious contributors to this.  My car was equipped with a dealer
installed air conditioner.  It was partially removed when I bought the car.  The
compressor mounted right where the intake bellows is supposed to be, so that is
missing on my car.  I am sure that this causes my car to intake hot engine
compartment air rather than the much cooler air that is ducted from the rear fenders.
I also notice that my generator pulley/fan shroud does not have a lid on top as I
have seen in many photographs of other people's cars, more hot engine compartment
air.  I think I can figure out where
to get the intake bellows, but I defer to the list's collective wisdom as to a source
for this shroud lid.  I am also curious about the two fittings on the intake side of
the air cleaner.  What plugs into them?  I am assuming that one of them is for the
breather hose (currently missing) and the other is probably for the plugged hose that
is nearby (not sure what it is).  I have included a link to a web page with a photo
of
my engine compartment.  Please take a look, and see if there is anything that is
obviously wrong. The car is stock (as far as I know), fuel injected, automatic, and
manufactured 9/69.  I've also gathered from reading other posts that running hot can
be caused by a lean mixture.  I intend to look into this, but I feel as though these
other problems should be resolved before I go tearing into the fuel injection
system.  I greatly appreciate any help with this.

For image please point your browser to http://nunyo-dambidness.8k.com/index.html

Tony Adams
1970 Square FI AT

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