5000 Radiator Overflow Tube Broken

[Larry C Leung]

1) Brass radiators are getting rather hard to find (modine quit
apparently)
2) My 200 went 172K and 12 years on it's radiator. You really think that
the plastic radiators are that bad with a record like that? (BTW, the all
brass OEM radiator in my 4KQ had to be pulled, recored and reinstalled 3
times in a period of 8 years and 100K miles. My Saab's brass radiator had
to be recored once in the 50K miles I owned it, I was able to do a
solder/flame repair (no recore) on my Ford V8's brass radiator...Still
think the aluminum and plastic ones are all that bad?)
3) The brass units weigh considerably more than their composite cousins.

Just my $0.02

LL - NY

On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 20:00:37 -0500 cobram at juno.com writes:
>John Karasaki came up with this excellent fix when the same occured
>on
>his V8Q:
>
>*Begin attached:
>Used the threaded hollow rod from a bicycle (brake cable adjuster
>with
>hole to allow the cable to slide through the middle of it).  Threaded
>this into the broken off nipple.  Now this piece had a threaded
>hollow
>shaft in it. Threaded this into the radiator.  Worked great!
>*End attached.
>
>I did the same with a threaded brass nipple as a temporary fix once,
>along with plenty of epoxy around the nipple.
>
>If the radiator has a few years on it and you intend to keep the car,
>start shopping for an all metal replacement.  Just plugging the
>nipple
>will cause air to fill the top of the radiator, as it expands it'll
>push
>the coolant out, causing the car to run hotter...creating more
>air....etc.
>
>BCNU,
>Cobram at Juno.Com
>http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/index.html
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