On My 78 Midget, I cracked the outlet trying to drain it. I had the rad
shop put in a drain tap at the same time it was fixed. Cost me an
additional $5, I think.
Larry
>>>>On 2/15/00 10:02 PM so and so (Jeff Boatright) said. (And I quote:)
>Frank,
>
>Thanks for the input. I think I have discovered that the crossflow I
>have has the inlet and outlet stubs moved to the same relative
>position as would be on the downflow. This would solve the hose
>problem, but not necessarily the shroud differences nor the fit
>between engine and rad. It also creates the problem of having no
>drain tap. Is there another way to drain the collant system? Is there
>a drain for the engine?
>
>Any idea what a re-core should run?
>
>Jeff
>
>---
>On 2/15/00, Frank Clarici wrote:
>>Jeff Boatright wrote:
>>
>> >radiators
>>
>>Jeff, The cross flow will fit the 65 but like Larry said, you need the
>>cross over pipe and the 3 hoses unique to the cross flow system.
>>I believe Ron figured out that both rads cooled the same. I know he sent
>>all kinds of figures to the list when this subject came up last month.
>>
>>All in all, I side with Larry's advice, go for the recore, and if you
>>do, go for the more modern 4 core instead of 3. (or is that 3 instead of
>>2?)
>
>Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
>Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
>http://www.molvis.org/molvis
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78 Midget
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