Subject: Re: [Mgs] Radiator

From: Max Heim via Mgs <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:58:35 -0800

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Butting in, with my recent experience regarding a MK.I MGB radiator=E2=80=A6=

After a fan blade attacked it, the old-school local radiator shop said =
it wasn=E2=80=99t repairable.

They said they could re-core it for $450, which seemed like a lot.

I looked at the replacement radiators that were available, and wasn=E2=80=99=
t hearing good things about them. And many of them didn=E2=80=99t even =
have a provision for a drain tap, which to me was a deal killer (since =
the lower hose is so hard to access, it just seemed that that would add =
a permanent maintenance nightmare).

Then I managed to convince Moss Motors that their fan had a factory =
flaw, so they not only replaced the fan, they supplied a new aluminum =
radiator=E2=80=A6 with a drain tap.

I don=E2=80=99t like the look of bare aluminum under the hood, but I =
sprayed it flat black and it looked fine.

Assuming =E2=80=9Cfree=E2=80=9D isn=E2=80=99t an option, between buying =
a dubious $250 radiator and having the original one re-cored for $450, I =
might have chosen the latter. Or maybe not.

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Max Heim
'66 MGB

> On Feb 27, 2019, at 5:20 PM, Joe Powers via Mgs <[email-masked]> =
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> Thanks Barney for the reply.  Are any of the new ones effective?  Do =
the job?
> The car is not original and wouldn=E2=80=99t a new core be pretty =
costly?
> Joe
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class=3D"">Butting in, with my recent experience regarding a MK.I MGB =
radiator=E2=80=A6<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">After a fan blade attacked it, the old-school local radiator =
shop said it wasn=E2=80=99t repairable.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">They said they could re-core it for =
$450, which seemed like a lot.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I looked at the replacement radiators =
that were available, and wasn=E2=80=99t hearing good things about them. =
And many of them didn=E2=80=99t even have a provision for a drain tap, =
which to me was a deal killer (since the lower hose is so hard to =
access, it just seemed that that would add a permanent maintenance =
nightmare).</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Then=
 I managed to convince Moss Motors that their fan had a factory flaw, so =
they not only replaced the fan, they supplied a new aluminum radiator=E2=80=
=A6 with a drain tap.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">I don=E2=80=99t like the look of bare aluminum under the =
hood, but I sprayed it flat black and it looked fine.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Assuming =E2=80=9Cfree=E2=80=
=9D isn=E2=80=99t an option, between buying a dubious $250 radiator and =
having the original one re-cored for $450, I might have chosen the =
latter. Or maybe not.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">=

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font-size: 13px;" class=3D"">'66 MGB</div></div></div>
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<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Feb 27, 2019, at 5:20 PM, Joe Powers via Mgs &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" class=3D"">[email-masked]</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
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word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style=3D"margin: =
0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">Thanks Barney for the reply.&nbsp; Are any of the new ones =
effective?&nbsp; Do the job?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in =
0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" =
class=3D"">The car is not original and wouldn=E2=80=99t a new core be =
pretty costly?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: =
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Joe</div><div =
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From: PaulHunt73 via Mgs <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 09:24:21 -0000 T7ouFB3h+x+comn+UJvwftVmzdREXBp/FpTzDSQ4kul2TgYR93YDWx6Y

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With the clamp slackened and pushed up out of the way I push a smallish =
old blunt flat-blade screwdriver between hose and rad port and it starts =
trickling out.  With a bit of card guiding that into a bucket I get on =
with something else while it drains.  The last time I had the rad out I =
pondered getting a drain plug fitted to it as I happened to have a spare =
from an old V8 block, but given how infrequently I've needed to do it =
felt it wasn't worth the effort.  The hardest job is getting the hose =
fully off and back on, and not much will help with that.

PaulH.
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  Butting in, with my recent experience regarding a MK.I MGB =
radiator=E2=80=A6

  .... And many of them didn=E2=80=99t even have a provision for a drain =
tap, which to me was a deal killer (since the lower hose is so hard to =
access, it just seemed that that would add a permanent maintenance =
nightmare).
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