Took ours to the radiator shop and had it circumcised :-) It is just a
stub of a thing, now.
Early TR4 with long neck and didnt need all that moment arm filled with
vibrating water. Cracked it at the Chicago Historics in 94...used JB Weld
and saved the weekend.
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From: R. John Lye[SMTP:rjl6n@virginia.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 1998 7:52 AM
To: Bill Babcock; BillDentin@AOL.COM; rgk@flash.net; rgb@exact.com
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: one other
At 09:28 AM 6/8/98 -0700, Bill Babcock wrote:
>It is a lovely looking piece. I broke mine by putting on the
radiator
>cap. Press down and turn, and the long neck of the radiator
extension
>cracked all the way around on the upper collector.
I did that with a steel one years ago, and got in the habit of
using two hands when putting on the radiator cap - one underneath
the neck to support it, and one on the cap itself.
cheers,
R. John Lye
'59 TR-3A; '62 TR-4; '70 GT-6+
Palmyra, VA USA
rjl6n@Virginia.edu
http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
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