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Where did you buy your core? I am just checking for the best exchange solution.I've had a new aluminum core erode through at the tank within a few months of installing. At least it takes less than half an hour to change them.
Thanks for sharing your expierence it will be helpful to got oneI got mine at the local parts house. Murray is just about the only stock replacement option for cores and radiators for these trucks nowadays. Don't buy the aftermarket brass radiator either. The plastic tanked aluminum is better but neither compare to OE.
re-cored or rebuild of core or cooler is not more common in germany.If you can, get the old heater re-cored (rebuilt) at a radiator shop. That seams to be the best route these days.
Can you send a link to the matt clear you used? I am in "eastern Europe" right now and thinking of picking up some to give it a try.
We are very carefully in replacements of original parts.The heater core design doesn't lend itself to being recored. The radiator does. I have a premier shop locally that recores radiators. They aren't cheap. I junked my old radiator in the past because I couldn't afford to recore it. I regret that today now that I can afford the option. Just keep that in mind when replacing original parts.
If you're going to bare metal you should start with a zinc rich primer. Azko-Nobel has worldwide distribution. They have quite a few zinc rich primers, some available in rattle cans. They have industrial brands like International that are quite affordable and luxury brands such as AwlGrip that are not. If you're doing clear from a rattle can you can't beat Spraymax Spray 2k. I believe that is a German brand.
Spraymax does colors, too. I just used two cans to paint my engine though one of the valve covers got mega fisheyes due to silicones. Way better than the single part engine paints otherwise.
.Today our Truck-Cover arrived
Since he is still without an engine and I really have no desire to workout pushing the unwilling part in and out when we work in the shop must be a cover over it when he is inside.
I don't know how they always want to get the stuff back in the cover.
We have the same "thing" for our XXL horse trailer if he is not parked in the shop, so we know it work well
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It's really hard work to get the thing back into the box or sleeve. They could made the box or sleeve a bit bigger
Hopefully it also fits on the truck
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nice and soft inside and outside a structure that breathes and also keeps out the weather
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it is a company with branches in USA, Canada, UK and Germany
I am sure you know them under another name
Autoabdeckungsfabrik
My wife made me today a present:
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she never give up if she have a goal
I closed the troopseats issue and never expected to got them in Germany
.We must hurry up as it will be soon to cold to paint and we need to heat the shop - something we want prevent
As we leave the shop after 10 hours all was still wet but done
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The Finish of the Raptorliner on the box is great, so that we use it also in the cab
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