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Post by tad551 on Aug 14, 2020 17:41:07 GMT
Found you! 😉 Nice to hear from you guys again! You guys have helped keep my car running, despite me trying to kill it!
So, really welcome your advice!
My ally rad is leaking slowly from the core, car still driveable and running really well 😃, but I need to address the rad sometime.
So, rad questions.
How good is a Rimmers new 3 core rad? It would need modifying for the EWP this end and the rad shop here will do that. What's it made of?
Alternatively, I have an old Mk 2 rad with mods already and a quote for a Supergil core. Only the core is shipped overseas. Getting a core made here for my old rad is more expensive.
Tanya aka Saskstag (Canada)
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Post by Sapphirestag on Aug 14, 2020 18:02:57 GMT
Found you! 😉 Nice to hear from you guys again! You guys have helped keep my car running, despite me trying to kill it! So, really welcome your advice! My ally rad is leaking slowly from the core, car still driveable and running really well 😃, but I need to address the rad sometime. So, rad questions. How good is a Rimmers new 3 core rad? It would need modifying for the EWP this end and the rad shop here will do that. What's it made of? Alternatively, I have an old Mk 2 rad with mods already and a quote for a Supergil core. Only the core is shipped overseas. Getting a core made here for my old rad is more expensive. Tanya aka Saskstag (Canada) Hi Tanya, its Ian. Hope you and Brian are both fit and well. First thing, have you tried some K seal in the existing rad, Personally, I would have thought getting the spare radiator you have sorted out locally with a standard core would be your best course of action. Correct me if I'm wrong but your climate isn't exactly demanding on your car. Is it ? |
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Post by tad551 on Aug 14, 2020 18:24:36 GMT
Hi Ian,
Lovely to hear from you again. We are well, still in Saskatoon. Practising retirement! 😉 Hope you and Pat are fine.
Although I certainly won't be winter driving on the prairies, it can get really hot in summer. We don't have many traffic jams, but I'd like car that would be capable of dealing with any. The old rad wasn't great, but that was also before EWP.
I was nervous of using K seal.
Cheers
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Post by Sapphirestag on Aug 14, 2020 18:33:01 GMT
Hi Ian, Lovely to hear from you again. We are well, still in Saskatoon. Practising retirement! 😉 Hope you and Pat are fine. Although I certainly won't be winter driving on the prairies, it can get really hot in summer. We don't have many traffic jams, but I'd like car that would be capable of dealing with any. The old rad wasn't great, but that was also before EWP. I was nervous of using K seal. Cheers K Seal is not like the old fashioned Barrs leak etc, it stays suspended in the coolant only sealing leaks that it tries to pass through. Copper and Ceramic particles being the main components of it. I had a tiny weep on the IM on my car and put it in 10 years ago. still doing the job. |
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Post by Kryten on Aug 14, 2020 19:09:56 GMT
Hiya Tarn - first question must be was it a Chinese alloy rad and not repairable locally? I think an alloy rad is a tad of overkill for Canada so skip the Rimmers one (the mountings can be a bit random, and get a Supergill core to your mk2 unit - you know it’ll fit and radiator guys won’t mind repairing it.
That said, K Seal, not the nuclear Head Gasket version, is pretty good and deals with many ills for $10
Russ
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Post by tad551 on Aug 14, 2020 20:56:39 GMT
Hi Russ and Ian,
The ally rad is a USA made one from Wizard Cooling. Well made, the local rad guy thought it was a thing of beauty, but said it's not worth fixing. Especially as l'll end up with the same fitting problem. I think I shortened its life by shoehorning it into the bulkhead space to fit. It couldn't really expand. I had all the mechanics voices in my head tutting as I did it. Oh well, live and learn and I got 6 years of life out of it.
I'm warming to the recore my original and maybe try some K seal for now. I certainly don't want a cheapo rad.
Tanya
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Post by Flying Farmer on Aug 14, 2020 21:35:03 GMT
K seal held my leaky mk2 rad together for several years, in the end the seam on one of the end tanks started to split and I admitted defeat and fitted a supergill one from Tony Hart.
Neil
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Post by richardthestag on Aug 14, 2020 21:39:23 GMT
On my first Range Rover 3.9 v8 it started to pressurise the cooling system. I lobbed in k-seal and forgot / ignored it till it came back with vengeance 40k miles later. It ended up as a dropped liner issue, not overheated in the last 50k miles but still quite a common issue with the 3.9 and 4.6 Rover v8s that are so fucking reliable and bullet proof all the flippin time 😋🤣
Got to be worth a go for a short term fix 👍
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Post by primerstag on Aug 14, 2020 22:19:06 GMT
Hiya Tarn - first question must be was it a Chinese alloy rad and not repairable locally? I think an alloy rad is a tad of overkill for Canada so skip the Rimmers one (the mountings can be a bit random, and get a Supergill core to your mk2 unit - you know it’ll fit and radiator guys won’t mind repairing it. That said, K Seal, not the nuclear Head Gasket version, is pretty good and deals with many ills for $10 Russ You may want to fit a fan cowl, some rads don’t have the fixings. |
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Post by tad551 on Aug 14, 2020 23:31:15 GMT
Luckily my old federal rad has those cowl fixtures.
I will get a drain tap put in. Got too used to having that luxury now. Also, get the guy to remove the useless emissions doohickey under the turret and enable me to install my 'temporary' back up temp gauge from when the engine block gauge bit the biscuit (all fixed). Fun watching the thermostat open 😂
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Post by tad551 on Aug 25, 2020 16:42:29 GMT
Small update.
Cost of using the Supergil is probably going just north of Can$1000 with everything including labour.
Cost to get my rad converted to 3 row with different tubing is about $650. It's actually an original 4 row core and the rad guy said it's packed in so tight he's surprised it worked at all.
So, plan is to wait until driving season is over. I now have some K seal. I will take out the ally rad and he will see if it's repairable. If not, we'll revisit what to do with my old rad.
Cheers
Tanya
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Post by Sapphirestag on Aug 25, 2020 17:32:30 GMT
Small update. Cost of using the Supergil is probably going just north of Can$1000 with everything including labour. Cost to get my rad converted to 3 row with different tubing is about $650. It's actually an original 4 row core and the rad guy said it's packed in so tight he's surprised it worked at all. So, plan is to wait until driving season is over. I now have some K seal. I will take out the ally rad and he will see if it's repairable. If not, we'll revisit what to do with my old rad. Cheers Tanya Look on the bright side, it will give Brian something to do over your winter  |
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Post by tad551 on Aug 25, 2020 22:14:25 GMT
Hmmm. Easy job, I might trade that for him to fix the glovebox door which has to be permanently closed or it falls out,  |
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Post by phil on Aug 28, 2020 8:18:36 GMT
I would have thought that an ally rad sourced in the USA would be an easy option. We see American car shows in the UK and all parts seen to be just a short drive away.
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Post by mrtempler on Aug 28, 2020 19:11:01 GMT
There is a big supply of car radiators in America called Ron Davies. www.rondavisradiators.com/radgallery.htm. I’m sure these will have something that would fit a Stag, a lot of the American tune in shops swear by this manufacture. You see them a lot on the American custom car shows, when they have a one-off custom made radiator. So if there wasn’t a direct fitment for the Stag, then they could no doubt make one up that would fit and made to your specification. |
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