The Canadian Dollar now being = to $0.64, your recore cost about $130. This is
still considerably below the cost of a new unit. I am thinking of doing this
too, as a new one seems out of the budget. I'm curious to see what local
radiator shops want for the job here. Of course, if money's no object (it
certainly doesn't seem to be an object in MY wallet, right now!), Cambridge
Motor Sport can "fix you right up," with an aluminum radiator!
http://www.cambridgemotorsport.com/menu_templates/list_menu.cfm?menu_temp=cooling.cfm&dep_id=7&prod_ass=1&ass_id=36&start_row=21&end_row=27
Dave Friedlander
CF25194UO
StuBeatty@aol.com wrote:
> I had the rad recored in my 1976 TR6 in 1998 when the engine was out for a
> rebuild. It cost approx $200.00 CDN which is about $50.00 US when the
> exchange is taken into account. The original rad has a double row of cooling
> fins. The recored rad has 4 rows. It now operates much more efficiently. The
> car has yet to overheat in stop & go conditions as it did previously. I feel
> your money is better spent on a recore than a new replacement rad. One thing
> I do suggest is to have a drain cock installed in the bottom part of the rad
> housing. This will make it alot easier to drain the rad when you want to
> replace the fluid.
>
> FYI
> Stuart
> Belleville, Ontario
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> From: "Eric Conrad" <conrade@qwest.net>
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> Subject: Thoughts on Radiators - recore or Moss replacement?
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> Listii,
>
> I started up my TR6 this last weekend to find that the radiator has sprung a
> leak from the core. Bummer. I still have to remove the radiator (probably
> this weekend), and don't yet know whether the vertical tube could be
> soldered or not.
>
> I did look into the cost of replacing the core, and the estimates vary
> between $180 and $250. The cost of a new radiator from Moss is $249 retail.
> A friend has said he has heard that the Moss radiator was a poor "Taiwanese"
> version of the radiator, and recommends re-coring the original. I have a
> 1976 TR6 with the later radiator (the one with the top tube bending toward
> the centerline of the car).
>
> Does anyone have other thoughts, experience, and advice? Perhaps Peter
> Arakalian (sp?) might be able to shed some light on this.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> '76 TR6 (CF52678U +O)
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