[DeTomaso] Radiator woes...

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Anticipating I may need to replace my radiator soon, I pulled my old 
brass radiator from its hiding place today.  It's been there for 10 years.

I pulled it out of the box and began examining it.  Seemed like it was 
in alright condition.  I could plainly see where the water was leaking 
before, near the upper right fitting.  Probably just needs to be 
replaced.  I found a tag on it that indicates it was serviced at one  
point by George's Radiator.

I went to remove the lower right radiator draincock and suddenly (quite 
suddenly actually), noticed the two thermo switch location have been 
welded over.  No bungs, no holes... nothin'.  I can see two (mostly) 
round patches over where the switches are supposed to be.

DRAT!  That makes it more work than I had hoped.  That and I honestly 
don't know yet how the tanks are configured.  Based on the fact there 
are about three configurations listed in the Ford TSBs and I know the 
previous owner accomplished many of them... hard to tell which treatment 
this radiator got.

I'm not certain how much a shop will charge to affix new fittings to the 
radiator tank, and make sure everything else is in good shape.  It may 
be cheaper for me to buy another new radiator.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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