[DeTomaso] Radiator baffle

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/2/09 22 56 29, gudmundfroiland at yahoo.no writes:


> 
> Strange observation. I had a smal leak in the radiator on my Pantera.Took 
> the endcover off to solve the leak. When i looked inside the cover it had a 
> baffle in the middle to separate the radiator half the way up.This is in the end 
> without hoses.( Driver Side)I am wondering if have a baffle here how the 
> flow can cross? 1974 Pantera
> 



You say there is a baffle in the end of the radiator without the hoses?

I know that there is normally a baffle in the end WITH the hoses.   In fact, 
the early cars had the radiator divided front-to-back, and that didn't work, 
so the later cars had the radiator divided top-to-bottom.

See the photo:

http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=4367

The end tank on the bottom of the photo shows the early setup, and the one on 
the top shows the later, better setup.

But I didn't know there was also a baffle on the other side???   I don't see 
how that could work either?   Which way does the baffle go?   Like the early, 
or the late setup from the photo above?

Mike


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