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Car overheated on the motorway yesterday. Today we have drip, drip, drip, from the front. Pipes on the radiator okay, but somewhere the radiator is holed. Nothing to be seen from the front.
Not able to tackle it today so I thought I'd ask for general advice. Anyone got pictures of removal. Can it be done painlessly with the air con and oil in situ?
Re-core, or Radtec replacement experience?
One further question does the ACT stuff cure the kinked pipe over at the thermostat end. Always annoyed me that has.
I couldn't find any threads on it so could possible do a picture gallery if anyone interested
Not able to tackle it today so I thought I'd ask for general advice. Anyone got pictures of removal. Can it be done painlessly with the air con and oil in situ?
Re-core, or Radtec replacement experience?
One further question does the ACT stuff cure the kinked pipe over at the thermostat end. Always annoyed me that has.
I couldn't find any threads on it so could possible do a picture gallery if anyone interested
Can't use rad repair products. Stupid personal philosophy that grate against my OCD personality. Its probably sensible but when I start to do that to my TVR its time to give it to someone else.
Anyhoo, Rad is out. Not a tricky job. It dame out in about an hour. In true TVR fashion, its developed a list of ToDos while up on the ramp.
1) The bonnet hinge is now rolling around in its own manufactured hole, and could do with some sort of better system.
2) The metal water pipes are rusty and either need a good refurbish for the second time or I need to consider replacement
3) The radiator is quite rusty, so although a recore would be the sensible option, I'm wondering about the benefit of an alloy rad.
3) The rubber pipes are pretty damaged where the jubilee clips were on them.
4) With all the radiator removed, I am now looking at the steering rack which has had a gentle leak from the drivers side, and should probably come out for refurbish
5) Some spots of flaked powder coating on the frame need touch up but the more I look, the more I look at what it would take to remove the body for a full frame refurbish. It doesn't really need it but I'm starting to get a bit carried away, cos it would give me the ideal excuse to start with the 4.7 block that has been sitting in my garage.
Could be a big bill at ACT Pipes hoses and radiator, or £150 recore and refurbish whats already there.
I think ACT are expensive as I spent £1K last year on a full stainless steel rear exhaust, but it really does shine every time the car is up on the ramp, and the sound is spot on for me.
I need a verbal slapping.
Anyhoo, Rad is out. Not a tricky job. It dame out in about an hour. In true TVR fashion, its developed a list of ToDos while up on the ramp.
1) The bonnet hinge is now rolling around in its own manufactured hole, and could do with some sort of better system.
2) The metal water pipes are rusty and either need a good refurbish for the second time or I need to consider replacement
3) The radiator is quite rusty, so although a recore would be the sensible option, I'm wondering about the benefit of an alloy rad.
3) The rubber pipes are pretty damaged where the jubilee clips were on them.
4) With all the radiator removed, I am now looking at the steering rack which has had a gentle leak from the drivers side, and should probably come out for refurbish
5) Some spots of flaked powder coating on the frame need touch up but the more I look, the more I look at what it would take to remove the body for a full frame refurbish. It doesn't really need it but I'm starting to get a bit carried away, cos it would give me the ideal excuse to start with the 4.7 block that has been sitting in my garage.
Could be a big bill at ACT Pipes hoses and radiator, or £150 recore and refurbish whats already there.
I think ACT are expensive as I spent £1K last year on a full stainless steel rear exhaust, but it really does shine every time the car is up on the ramp, and the sound is spot on for me.
I need a verbal slapping.
Well just updating this thread after a long time of the car being off the road.
Car passed MOT yesterday including emissions, yippee, just in time for winter driving. Has pretty much been off the road since the last thread update.
Tim at ACT was a complete star. It required three tries from radtech before they supplied a radiator to fit, but in the end it was a perfect fit below the later panel (unlike pmessling) no alteration to the panel was needed.
Complicated by the fact that once the radiator is out you can't just put it back with all the rusty stuff, so I put new ACT stainless steel pipes and hoses at the same time, and the steering rack was refurbished by kiley clinton.
Speedy cables took a further two and a half months to repair the broken water/oil gauge.
Completely destroyed a summer of driving but worth it in the end.
And just as a final icing on the cake I finally put brummies pads in the car. That meant the drive to the MOT station needed to be a bit spirited to bed the pads in as the first few brake attempts did nothing
Screaming up bluebell hill at warp factor nine to heat up the cats and get a long braking session to bed the pads prior to the mot, my heart sank as I noticed two batternburg cars on my side of the road with two high vis vest looking at me. So I was currently sorn with no tax and no mot, and thrashing the car.
I toned down the exhaust note far too late, but as I trickled past them expecting hte inevitable one of them gave me a thumbs up.
Kinda made my day.
Car passed MOT yesterday including emissions, yippee, just in time for winter driving. Has pretty much been off the road since the last thread update.
Tim at ACT was a complete star. It required three tries from radtech before they supplied a radiator to fit, but in the end it was a perfect fit below the later panel (unlike pmessling) no alteration to the panel was needed.
Complicated by the fact that once the radiator is out you can't just put it back with all the rusty stuff, so I put new ACT stainless steel pipes and hoses at the same time, and the steering rack was refurbished by kiley clinton.
Speedy cables took a further two and a half months to repair the broken water/oil gauge.
Completely destroyed a summer of driving but worth it in the end.
And just as a final icing on the cake I finally put brummies pads in the car. That meant the drive to the MOT station needed to be a bit spirited to bed the pads in as the first few brake attempts did nothing
Screaming up bluebell hill at warp factor nine to heat up the cats and get a long braking session to bed the pads prior to the mot, my heart sank as I noticed two batternburg cars on my side of the road with two high vis vest looking at me. So I was currently sorn with no tax and no mot, and thrashing the car.
I toned down the exhaust note far too late, but as I trickled past them expecting hte inevitable one of them gave me a thumbs up.
Kinda made my day.
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