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Originally Posted by Doug Linden
Bob, this is a picture of a cracked radiator neck from the top tank. You can see the daylight shining through the crack. Since this is under the radiator shell, it makes it hard to spot.
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I also had a radiator neck pop off one time on a tour. It was a quick and easy fix later to re-solder the original neck back on.
I had a discussion once with an owner of a Model A radiator shop who also told me that some of the reproduction radiator shells did not have an radiator neck opening large enough to compensate for the accessory radiator caps like the twist open motometers and quails being sold. When the car owner used the allen wrench to fasten the lower part of the cap into the radiator neck he would put a lot of stress pulling up on it just like he was using a gear puller... This radiator shop owner tooled up a slightly longer radiator neck for his Model A radiators to compensate for this and stopping later complaints of the necks cracking..