[DeTomaso] Radiator woes...

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Worry not! :-) My radiator had the thermo switch hole (only one, '71 car)
soldered shut by a previous owner and an adjustable thermo switch soldered
in at the radiator entry. When that started leaking I had that hole shut as
well and the mounting brackets resoldered too. Instead of messing with the
old type of switch I had a welder put M22 bungs on the coolant tubes close
to the radiator. I now have two bungs on the hot side and one on the cold
side. I ended up using one on the hot side and one on the cold side. Let me
know if you want pics.

Tomas

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
Sent: den 2 juni 2012 23:04
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Radiator woes...


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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