[TPR] Radiator woes...

[Teampantera]

I had the last rad I bought 5 years or so ago (Ron Davis) pressure tested by a rad shop before I installed

Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>Anticipating I may need to replace my radiator soon, I pulled my old
>
>brass radiator from its hiding place today.  It's been there for 10 years.
>
>I pulled it out of the box and began examining it.  Seemed like it was
>in alright condition.  I could plainly see where the water was leaking
>before, near the upper right fitting.  Probably just needs to be
>replaced.  I found a tag on it that indicates it was serviced at one
>point by George's Radiator.
>
>I went to remove the lower right radiator draincock and suddenly (quite
>suddenly actually), noticed the two thermo switch location have been
>welded over.  No bungs, no holes... nothin'.  I can see two (mostly)
>round patches over where the switches are supposed to be.
>
>DRAT!  That makes it more work than I had hoped.  That and I honestly
>don't know yet how the tanks are configured.  Based on the fact there
>are about three configurations listed in the Ford TSBs and I know the
>previous owner accomplished many of them... hard to tell which treatment
>this radiator got.
>
>I'm not certain how much a shop will charge to affix new fittings to the
>radiator tank, and make sure everything else is in good shape.  It may
>be cheaper for me to buy another new radiator.
>
>Asa Jay
>
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
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>Spokane, WA
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