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06-11-2013, 09:07 AM | #21 | |
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Re: is this radiator original?
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I have it sitting here deciding if I wanted to recore it or not because it actually fit the car.... I guess I will be recoring.
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06-13-2013, 02:37 PM | #22 |
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Re: is this radiator original?
I've received interesting feedback and spoke with a few "known" radiator folks.
The radiator pros seem to suggest that I remove the old radiator and "hang it on the garage wall". Is there validity to the impracticality of rodding/recoring the 28/29 radiators because the tanks are "challenging" to put back together? |
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06-13-2013, 04:06 PM | #23 |
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Re: is this radiator original?
If it was mine, and the 30 day vinegar treatment didn't clean it enough, I would then have a radiator shop unsolder the bottom tank. I would then take it home and rod it myself. You can buy a long drill bit about 1/8" diameter and make a small handle with setscrew for it. I would then carefully twist it by hand up each of the tubes, until it came out the end. If you can't find a long drill bit, then weld a 1/8" rod to a 1/8" bit. This should get the tubes open so you could try the vinegar treatment again, or buy a small bore wire brush and rod them out.
If everything else fails, you can always have Berg's recore it. |
06-13-2013, 04:38 PM | #24 |
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Re: is this radiator original?
dont just hang it be creative
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06-13-2013, 05:38 PM | #25 |
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Re: is this radiator original?
Mitch, I love it..... but I plan to reuse the shell.
Tom, That was what I was thinking originally. I figure that I would be more "tender" in my approach than the shop would be. |
06-14-2013, 09:10 AM | #26 |
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06-14-2013, 09:36 AM | #27 |
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Re: is this radiator original?
Putting an origional rad back into my A is the best upgrade I have made. Solved all my cooling problems. Of course I was lucky enough to find one that needed only a minor tube leak soldered up Plus the rad is such a visually obvious part of the car, it drove me nuts to have a reproduction in there.
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