[DeTomaso] Radiator needed--or advice, anyway

[Asa Jay Laughton]

OUCH!  What did you do?  Tell them you drove a Ferrari?

Maybe I'm out of touch, but that seems to be an outrageous price.  You  
could probably cut the tube and solder it shut yourself (if you had  
the skill and patience).

If it's just one tube leaking at the core I don't understand.  Call  
around with a description of the problem and get some more quotes.  A  
hundred bucks I can see, but $450?

But I'm cheap.
Asa Jay

Quoting Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>:

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> Remember the leaking radiator about which I was recently ranting?
>
> I got word today that the leak isn't coming from one of the places   
> where the plastic rods holding the sucker fan are.  My apologies to   
> the mechanic who installed it that way who I accused of the problem.
>
> No, it turns out that one of the main pipes leading into the core is  
>  leaking--and the radiator has to be taken apart to be fixed at a   
> cost of $450.00.
>
> I paid about $600 for the radiator brand new a few years ago.  It's   
> a double core, brass unit and was working great until the leak   
> appeared.
>
> I can get an aluminum, lay-down unit but it costs over   
> $1000.00--more than the budget allows right now.
>
> Does anyone have a new radiator lying around they want to sell me   
> for a great price?
>
> If not, I guess I'll have to pony up the $450.  I already owe them   
> $50 for the estimate, so at this point it would really cost me that   
> much more to replace rather than it.
>
> Advice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
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