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nkaminar · 01-09-2021, 08:52 AM

Help please. I pulled my radiator for installing a new pulley and found the guide for the hand crank broken. The entire top was missing. I bought a repro and installed it but then the bottom of the radiator hit the guide. The radiator is the pressurized type with a heat exchanger in the bottom for cooling automatic transmission fluid. (My 1930 sedan is mostly stock.) I had to modify the bottom of the repo guide by reducing the diameter of the little pins to fit the frame. It is slightly thicker by about 1/16 inch. The interference with the radiator was about 1/4 to 3/8 inch.

I had to put the broken crank guide back in to re install the radiator.

From the pictures on the internet, the normal radiator (not pressurized) looks similar to mine with the flat bottom, but it could be that it doesn't extend down as much. I have the rubber pads and have installed the radiator correctly.

What is going on here?

01-09-2021, 08:52 AM	#1
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,873	Radiator and crank guide question Help please. I pulled my radiator for installing a new pulley and found the guide for the hand crank broken. The entire top was missing. I bought a repro and installed it but then the bottom of the radiator hit the guide. The radiator is the pressurized type with a heat exchanger in the bottom for cooling automatic transmission fluid. (My 1930 sedan is mostly stock.) I had to modify the bottom of the repo guide by reducing the diameter of the little pins to fit the frame. It is slightly thicker by about 1/16 inch. The interference with the radiator was about 1/4 to 3/8 inch. I had to put the broken crank guide back in to re install the radiator. From the pictures on the internet, the normal radiator (not pressurized) looks similar to mine with the flat bottom, but it could be that it doesn't extend down as much. I have the rubber pads and have installed the radiator correctly. What is going on here? __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.