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jimTN · 05-16-2019, 04:48 PM

How is the radiator cap secured on your grill (32-4) with one of these new alumn . radiators?

JSeery · 05-16-2019, 07:33 PM

Some of them, alum or brass, have the fill relocated toward the rear and not through the grill.

jimTN · 05-17-2019, 07:15 AM

With the fill behind the radiator, then how do you have a normal decorative radiator cap on top to fill the hole in your grill?

TJ · 05-17-2019, 08:31 AM

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Remove the locking part of the cap. Then cut out a round plate from aluminum or steel that is bigger than the hole in the grille shell. Drill a hole in the center of the plate and put a screw through the plate and into the hole in the cap where you removed the locking part. You will have to take off the grille to do this unless there is enough room between the grille and the radiator where you can get the plate and screw/bolt into the cap. I did this once with a '32 but the grille was off the car.

05-16-2019, 04:48 PM	#1
jimTN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Powell, TN Posts: 2,508	alumn. radiator How is the radiator cap secured on your grill (32-4) with one of these new alumn . radiators?

05-16-2019, 07:33 PM	#2
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: alumn. radiator Some of them, alum or brass, have the fill relocated toward the rear and not through the grill.

05-17-2019, 07:15 AM	#3
jimTN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Powell, TN Posts: 2,508	Re: alumn. radiator With the fill behind the radiator, then how do you have a normal decorative radiator cap on top to fill the hole in your grill?

05-17-2019, 08:31 AM	#4
TJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napa,California Posts: 6,029	Re: alumn. radiator Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Remove the locking part of the cap. Then cut out a round plate from aluminum or steel that is bigger than the hole in the grille shell. Drill a hole in the center of the plate and put a screw through the plate and into the hole in the cap where you removed the locking part. You will have to take off the grille to do this unless there is enough room between the grille and the radiator where you can get the plate and screw/bolt into the cap. I did this once with a '32 but the grille was off the car.