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01-09-2023, 08:05 PM | #21 |
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Re: Radiator Cap Won't fit into the grill shell
Seems to me that if the shell is too high, the hood would not align when closed.
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01-09-2023, 11:13 PM | #22 |
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I need one like this one on my 1930 Model A but can't find one.
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01-11-2023, 06:10 PM | #23 | |
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01-11-2023, 06:34 PM | #24 | |
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A second thought here.... Maybe the vendor had some radiators repaired for resale. That would explain you having no record of one coming to Australia. Our exchange was via PM here and when I sent you the pictures, by email. Again, as I told you in our correspondence, I bought it from a US vendor so obviously you won't have a record of it coming to Australia. That is the email address I used to send you the photos I mentioned in my earlier reply. You already have them. They were sent on Dec 5th 2022. You also have my email address. A response to that would be welcome.
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01-22-2023, 11:51 PM | #26 |
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02-20-2023, 11:02 AM | #27 |
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Re: Radiator Cap Won't fit into the grill shell
Radiator is high up against the shell as it can go. Someone must have put a shorter neck in the radiator. Couldn't find anyone with a lathe to cut my cap down so I die grindered it. Problem solved.
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02-20-2023, 11:52 AM | #28 |
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Your whole episode was a different sort, I'm glad you have it fitting,and it looks good.
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02-20-2023, 12:17 PM | #29 |
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02-20-2023, 03:17 PM | #30 |
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I had this same exact problem about a month ago. An older radiator cap fit just fine but I accidentally broke part of it so had to get a brand new one. I think the new one was vintique. I ended up grinding about 1/16" or less off the bottom and now it fits fine.
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02-20-2023, 05:41 PM | #31 | |
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Even back in the day, the vibrations going through the car would be different on a sealed road vs a corrugated unsealed road, vs a loaded vehicle, vs speed etc yet they survived.
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02-20-2023, 06:21 PM | #32 |
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Re: Radiator Cap Won't fit into the grill shell
Well, there is the problem right there.
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02-20-2023, 09:09 PM | #33 |
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These comments are something. WOW
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02-23-2023, 11:10 AM | #34 |
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Re: Radiator Cap Won't fit into the grill shell
Measure the height of the neck. I had a repo radiator on a car that the neck was not as tall as other radiators. I found a taller neck on an older radiator that the cap would fit on. I heated the old radiator with a small bottle propane torch and when the solder melted, I removed it and soldered it on my radiator.
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03-12-2024, 07:18 PM | #35 | |
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I am really really really sorry for you that you have devoted so much effort to your over 7,000 postings on this forum complaining about this radiator whenever our name comes up. It must be exhausting. 01-23-2023, 02:18 PM Originally Posted by The Brassworks I did not see a the pressure cap. This is an arizona model a radiator purchase. I suspect your radiator shop took advantage of you. 1. You test a radiator before working on it. Then you repair and test again. If a secondary leak is there you repair that and test again. It makes no sense that they discovered a significant leak after fixing a smaller leak. The greater leak would present itself first. 2. There is no rivet where you are describing. If they said there was, they are not being truthful. The solder holes are consistent with ford's production. We grind and flux and flood solder and it flows through the holes and joins the metals. This is not a typical failure point but if you travel 10,000 miles towing a trailer in a model a then you are likely vibrating and this may have cause a failure in the 8+ you have had it. I am sorry we are not closer as we could have repaired it. |
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03-12-2024, 07:25 PM | #36 |
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So this is solved Rob?
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03-13-2024, 04:26 AM | #37 |
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Re: Radiator Cap Won't fit into the grill shell
Mr Franklin has it right............... adjust the height.
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