Plastic Radiator Repair Question

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

There are reports in the archives of people using the epoxy kit to fix the 
broken radiator neck, and the reports are not encouraging.  I think they 
end up strongly recommending the metal radiator, and Modine was mentioned, 
since you are going to all that trouble of taking out the old one and 
putting in a new one......might as well be metal. Whatever property of 
plastic that resulted in the fracture of the aged stock plastic neck is 
already a feature of the stub you are using, and it has a high risk of also 
letting go. And I think the stub is missing a ridge that helps the clamp 
hold the hose.

I think I'd go with the metal radiator.

Try           http://www.radiatorinfo.com/index.html

Doyt Echelberger
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At 07:13 PM 9/30/00 +0000, you wrote:
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>All this leads to a question.  Isn't there a fix for broken radiator 
>outlets?  Something like epoxying a neck in the remaining stub?  Anybody 
>ever do this?  Anybody ever ride around for any length of time with the 
>hose attached only to a 1 inch neck.  (I want to get the radiator pressure 
>tested before I go to all the trouble of replacing it.)