Ford Enthusiast

[Galaxie427]

Well, good news (I guess!). Now that I had a chance to really check things out, I found the lines had already rotted out further down the line, and the two were looped together with a piece of rubber hose. I took the engine cover off, and found where these lines started; turns out, they're rubber hoses clamped to some lines bolted to the engine. I took one clamp off, cut the other rubber hose, and looped them together under the cover (until I have time/money to do something more like the right thing.......). While cutting the hose, I wiggled the line going under the van and it poured out about a half a gallon of coolant. It would appear that I caught this problem right in the nick of time! The van looks very nice, with almost no rust at all on the body. But the frame is really scaly and all the components underneath are pretty rotten.

Thanks for all the help!!