[DeTomaso] another radiator question

[tmshinro at aol.com]

 I have a 20 year old Hall radiator that has worked great over the years and I just had it repaired last spring.   The radiator came with upper and lower petcocks on the driver's side of the radiator.   The petcocks look like wingnuts with a hollow tube that screws in and out.   I just jam (friction fit) a short length of clear plastic tubing in the lower one when I drain the radiator so the coolant flows out the tube into my catch pan.  This is kind of like Mike's arrangement but with out the fixed plumbing.   I do the same with the top one when I bleed the air out; just jam a piece of tube into the petcock and run it over the front of the car into a catch bottle.   When the plastic tube is inserted into the petcock it will turn as screw/unscrew the wings, so you just have to be careful that the tube doesn't come out as it is rotating when you're opening the valve.

Tom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: Pantera List Serve <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 11:36 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] another radiator question




Well, they think they finally have the radiator fixed.  While it was at the shop 

I asked them to put a spigot on the top air-bleed attachment so I could attach a 

hose to it for easier bleeding and open and close it by hand (besides, the 

original had cracked).

They put on a spigot, but when I got the radiator home, the spigot stuck out too 

far and hit the headlight raising/lowering bar.  I removed the spigot and am 

thinking about getting a right angle threaded piece to which I can attach a hose 

which I can use when bleeding to direct the flow of coolant into a jar instead 

of all over the radiator, floor, etc.  I said all that to ask this:

Can I use fuel line hose or fuel injection line hose, or will the pressure from 

the system be too much for it?  The length of the hose will probably be about 

two feet, and I was planning on putting a spigot attachment on the opposite end 

of it from the radiator.

Thanks,

Chris 		 	   		  

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