Free TZD radiator

[jackytwoshoes]

My TZD came with another radiator. It seems to have had a bit of a repair and I imagine that you'd want to recore it as I can't vouch for it's condition.

I'm going to skip it unless anyone wants to come and collect it from SE London.

[really?]

Hi, what sort of repair has it had and how bad was the damage, definately interested. pics would be good please

[Mothman]

These things are becoming as scarce as hens teeth, cant imagine why you are not keeping it as a spare. A rad specialist could easily repair it ime sure which would be cheaper than buying a new one, that is, if you can find one.

Andy

[citronut]

rad specialist's dont like re/coring rads with plastic ends, as the plastic becomes brittle with age

regards malcolm

[Mothman]

They may not like but they will still do it Malcolm.

Andy

[Thread Bear]

Indeed, with a TZD turbo I have kept a spare radiator as they seem hard to get. Its an off the road failure and its Russian roulette driving the car with a plop filled, or leaking, one for the head gasket, or worse.

I was lucky that Graham Haddon gave me his untrustworthy one. Some of these units seem to be not so well made and weep from the core/plastic side mouldings early. Annoying as the unit looks to have quite a bit of life. Yet in service, under pressure weeps. In this case I dried it out and then carefully went down the crimped joints sealing each one up in turn. You cannot get to all of each, so a gamble of wasting quite a bit of time. It worked and that rad is the one in Gary now. His original rad was full of deposits I cannot get out and tended to get to hot when pressed or in traffic. I still have it in case I get a clever idea..... The spare is from the car I am breaking, since the engine is falling out after el bodgo repairs.

[really?]

Is this radiator still available?

[jackytwoshoes]

Sorry for the slow response, I've since found some storage for the radiator so I'll hang on to it for now. Living in a small flat without a garage it isn't always easy to hold on to things that might some day come in useful!