4th time is the charm

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
06/23/2018 at 22:52 • Filed to: Cruisin, Radiator

Yes, this is radiator #3 coming out for #4 going in. This has been an ordeal but Im happy to say

I think its over!

I also think I know why this radiator wasn’t doing the job. check out that brown spot, thats where all the paint has been heated away. Thats a VERY hot spot on that radiator. I don’t know if it was a flow issue there or what but I do know it shouldn’t look like that.

Wanna see it happen?

of course you do. start to finish in a little over 3 hours. I learned a lot from last time, one thing I picked up I will do for ALL my future big jobs

helps so much to be organized. So many little screws to lose. One thing I will also remember. The drain bung is not only a pain to get out but it only shoots coolant all over the panhard rod making it impossible to catch in a bucket. I collected all of a pint maybe. Supply hose is a much better choice. Fun to watch though, I tell my kids its poison tiger blood.

New radiator was !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! owing to the damage. funny story? The first 2 rads i ordered didn’t fit. The front mounting holes were about 1/2 to far apart, and as I was measuring how much I would need to pull this frame out to make it fit I stumbled on something interesting...

Here is the old rad that fit like a glove but sucked for cooling. 30 inches 1/4 center to center.

here is the damaged one...30 inches 1/4 center to center. a perfect fit. And what do you know...it was. It bolted right up. Odd, if it weren’t damaged it wouldn’t fit just like the first 2. I guess even fate was feeling for me and decided to lob one in for me. Thanks!

Got it bled and took the wee one up the canyon for a torture test (of the cooling system)

This was the old log. It was just as hot today but despite pushing it to the same point with the AC on I only even got as hot as 194, and it cooled down faster too. Previous rad got well above 220.

Its too early to call it 100% good but I have hope!

Plus I had a nice time in the mountains with the little one and then later on a date with my wife.

WOO!

DISCUSSION (6)

Wacko > HammerheadFistpunch
06/23/2018 at 23:23

Thanks, gonna be keeping pieces of cardboard stashed in my garage from now on.

HammerheadFistpunch > Wacko
06/23/2018 at 23:34

Oh man it's the best. Even with Toyota where a lot of the screws are standard every now and again the sneak one in that's a little different and now you don't have to wonder where it went.

Wacko > HammerheadFistpunch
06/23/2018 at 23:37

That and you can even write the socket size

HammerheadFistpunch > Wacko
06/23/2018 at 23:39

Had n’t considered that but with the cruiser is always either 10/12/14 so I just keep each one in my work apron.

I do Mark special stuff though like the one bolt that is the negative ground.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch
06/24/2018 at 02:09

Congrats! I'm so glad you didn't end up getting rid of the Cruiser, even though I remember suggesting it

HammerheadFistpunch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/24/2018 at 15:33

I seriously considered it... But it's driving so good right now. Suspension is on point, ac is kicking, drives straight and quite