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Old 08-06-2025, 04:01 PM   #2
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Default Re: Over heating

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Originally Posted by jimTN View Post
Here is one I have never heard of from a Fahnestock v8 service handbook, 1937.
"In cases of severe trouble with overheating, Ford dealers can make a hacksaw cut in the bottom tank of the radiator, and then solder in a piece of sheet copper which will divide the bottom tank into two compartments, thus allowing a more even distribution of water flow thru the two sides of the radiator."

Anyone ever done this? I thought I had heard of most of the "tricks" from putting tubes in the block to washers above the heads but this one takes the cake.
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