Barrman
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My Gasser had a radiator that held water under pressure just fine when I got it. I poked a hole in it putting the winch on the truck back in the summer. It was good enough to let me move it around the property and I have been planning this "work weather" rebuild for most of the year so I left it alone. I did pull the radiator from my parts truck and it wouldn't even hold water from a garden hose without it streaming out.
I took my "good" radiator to the radiator shop last week. I got home to a voice mail from the owner saying they can patch my leak, but a new one springs up somewhere else. They fix it and another one shows up. Basically, it is too thin inside to work. My wife took that to be bad news. Money wise it is. But, I would rather find out about this now instead of 100 miles from here in the middle of the summer. So, it is kind of good news too.
Gasser radiators are different than multifuel ones. I have not seen a good Gasser radiator for sale ever I don't think. The machine shop guy was telling me in the voice mail that he is going to look around for a core that comes close to the same size as mine that he can make a new radiator from using my tanks.
Anybody know of or have a good Gasser radiator? Or, does anybody know of a core that would be the same size as a Gasser unit? Considering they are all going to be 50 years old, I will probably not buy a used one unless the price is crazy low. I am more looking for a price range to tell the guy to keep it below since it seems to me that a new core will be better in the long run by far than a used one.
Thanks
I took my "good" radiator to the radiator shop last week. I got home to a voice mail from the owner saying they can patch my leak, but a new one springs up somewhere else. They fix it and another one shows up. Basically, it is too thin inside to work. My wife took that to be bad news. Money wise it is. But, I would rather find out about this now instead of 100 miles from here in the middle of the summer. So, it is kind of good news too.
Gasser radiators are different than multifuel ones. I have not seen a good Gasser radiator for sale ever I don't think. The machine shop guy was telling me in the voice mail that he is going to look around for a core that comes close to the same size as mine that he can make a new radiator from using my tanks.
Anybody know of or have a good Gasser radiator? Or, does anybody know of a core that would be the same size as a Gasser unit? Considering they are all going to be 50 years old, I will probably not buy a used one unless the price is crazy low. I am more looking for a price range to tell the guy to keep it below since it seems to me that a new core will be better in the long run by far than a used one.
Thanks