[V8] Radiator Problem

[Ron Wainwright]

OK..so your talking about the top neck that the big 3
port rubber hose is connected to.
 An option could be...to just replace the plastic end
tank? I'm not sure if it can be removed..looks like it
though.
 I have a bunch of spaires I can test removing.

 I woulkd imagine a trip down to a hardware store
could get you what Kneale's talking about.

 Ron

--- Brad Hartman <info at speakoutpro.com> wrote:

> Nipple is probably a misleading term on my part. 
> The broken part is well 
> over an inch in diameter.   I would call it a pipe,
> but it's plastic and 
> extends from the radiator body.  It is not removable
> -- it's physically part 
> of the plastic radiator.
> 
> Radiators made of plastic.  Why didn't they just use
> cardboard or balsa?
> 
> Kneale -- how did you solder 10-gauge wire to
> plastic?  By barb, I'm 
> assuming this is to keep the hose from slipping off
> of the shortened pipe. 
> Is this absolutely required?
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Wainwright" <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Kneale Brownson" <knealeski at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: "Brad Hartman" <info at speakoutpro.com>;
> <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 7:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [V8] Radiator Problem
> 
> 
> >I think Brad's talking about the hose comming from
> the
> > coolant tank?
> > That little nipple just screws off. & just so
> happens
> > I have a handfull of those little nipples.
> >
> > Let me know Brad.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > --- Kneale Brownson <knealeski at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The link goes to a pix of how I fixed the
> broken-off
> >> radiator neck on my 200q20v.  Used it that way
> for
> >> several months while I collected the stuff
> necessary
> >> to replace all the flexible plumbing in the
> engine
> >> compartment as well as both radiators.  It's
> epoxy
> >> similar to JB Weld and pipe I had left over from
> >> replumbing a boiler.  I soldered a piece of
> 10-gauge
> >> wire onto the pipe to serve as a hose barb.
> >>
> http://www.pbase.com/kneale_brownson/image/71383807
> >>
> >> Brad Hartman <info at speakoutpro.com> wrote:  My
> upper
> >> radiator hose came off today. Closer inspection
> >> revealed that the
> >> plastic connector/nipple at the top inner side of
> >> the radiator (approx.
> >> 1-1/2 to 2 inches long) had broken off approx.
> 3/4
> >> inch from the body of the
> >> radiator. Luckily, I could still replace the
> hose,
> >> tighten the clamp and
> >> then limp home. It held for 15 miles.
> >>
> >> Here's the question: Can I find some sort of
> clamp
> >> that will provide enough
> >> gripping power to keep the hose DEPENDABLY in
> place?
> >> Again, the nipple that
> >> originally help the hose by clamp is now shorter.
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