[DeTomaso] Stock Radiator Bleed Screw Broke : (

[Dave]

Or about $8 from Hall or Wilkinson
IndyDave

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Reilly [mailto:reillyms at live.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:37 AM
To: Thomas Tornblom; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Stock Radiator Bleed Screw Broke : (

Good idea :-).  Gives me an excuse to by a drill press!
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From: Thomas Tornblom<mailto:thomas at hax.se>
Sent: ‎6/‎24/‎2015 7:14 AM
To: detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Stock Radiator Bleed Screw Broke : (

Doesn't look too hard to create one yourself.

A brass M6x15 screew, drilled with a 2mm hole 10 mm deep from the end and then a 2 mm hole perpendicular into the hole and a copper gasket and you are done.

If you can get a knurled screew it would be perfect.

Thomas

Den 2015-06-24 15:25, cengles at cox.net skrev:
> Dear Mike,
>
>
>                  I think that a trip to the local radiator shop is the 
> shortest distance from the broken bleed screw to a functioning radiator.
>
>
>                               Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Mike Reilly wrote:
>
>> Hi all.  I was bleeding my radiator this weekend and the bleed screw 
>> head broke off leaving the threaded part in the radiator.  I got the 
>> threaded part out and then went online to order a new screw from 
>> Wilkinson which is on his site's catalog.  I was later told me the 
>> part is no longer available from his shop.  Anyone have any sources 
>> or ideas?  I have a bone stock radiator (recently rebuilt) that works 
>> great but now without the bleed screw at the top driver's side : ( 
>> Picture of the part needed attached.  I next plan to bring my broken 
>> part to some local radiator shops to see if I can find a similar 
>> replacement.  Thanks!  Mike R.
>>      ------------------------------
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