[DeTomaso] cooling question

[Will Demelo]

Hey Chris.
Be happy that it's a brass rad and not aluminum. Cheap fix.
Hang in there. It's worth the aggrivation.
My last ride was a few weeks ago. Just after a tough day at work. Took it 
out for a quick spin. Roads were quite cold. Cold enough that I broke the 
back end loose at 50. It was pulling like a train with the cold air.
Had a big smile on my face for the whole weekend. Wife's barking didn't even 
bother me.
Nothing like a Pantera.
Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cooling question


> Hang in there Chris, things aren't that bad.   You've got a great
> support group over there.  Try to figure out where the leak is, how big
> it is, and if you were correct that it was a rock.  It's a messy and
> long job but it -can- be done.  These things can happen to -any- car.
> It's just that the newer cars seem to hide the radiator behind a lot of
> plastic front end.  ;)
>
> Keep the faith.
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> &  Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
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>
> On 12/3/2010 21:17, Christopher Kimball wrote:
>> It may be a small job for you, but the last time I tried to do anything 
>> in the radiator department, namely adding a third fan, I succeeded in 
>> breaking the radiator so that I had to replace it.  That was about $600 
>> as I recall, and another hundred or so to have someone who knew what they 
>> were doing put the new radiator back in.
>>
>> I'm beginning to think someone is trying to tell me something about this 
>> car...
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> From: wdemelo at cogeco.ca
>>> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cooling question
>>> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 21:02:10 -0500
>>>
>>> The stop-leak stuff is temporary. Pulling the rad is a small job. 2 beer 
>>> job
>>> at the most. Pull it and fix it right.
>>> Will
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Christopher Kimball"<chrisvkimball at msn.com>
>>> To: "Pantera List Serve"<detomaso at realbig.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 8:50 PM
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] cooling question
>>>
>>>
>>>> After a test drive this evening, I was dismayed to see a drops of 
>>>> coolant
>>>> dripping from the radiator onto the floor.
>>>>
>>>> The drops were few, and formed very slowly, and it appears they are 
>>>> coming
>>>> from the lower corner on the passenger side of the radiator.  The tiny
>>>> fins seem bent, as if a rock may have hit there at high speed.
>>>>
>>>> I've always been leery of those "stop leak" radiator concoctions, since 
>>>> it
>>>> seems to me it can't be good to be dumping stuff into a cooling system
>>>> designed to plug things up--especially a Pantera cooling system.
>>>>
>>>> I have a brass radiator which I know could be fixed, but the thought of
>>>> pulling it out is depressing.
>>>>
>>>> Should I try a radiator stop leak product first, or is that a bad thing 
>>>> to
>>>> do?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>> #3846
>>>>
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