Griff 500 radiator

[T1SRA]

Hi guys .
I'm in need of a new rad for the griff.
The exsisting radtec has sprung a leak has any one tried Arran radiators .
£100 saving to be had but thought I'd ask you guys if anyone had any bought one .
Cheers in advance

[Quinny]

Why not take the rafdtec one to a radiator specialist and get it repaired??

[T1SRA]

I've had it to two places one says that they can't promise they won't make it worse ,
The next place wants to change the core to a merc core and charge me £200 for the job .

[bomb]

Give these guys a ring for a quote......


Auckside Radiators.

Maude Terrace
St Helen Auckland
Bishop Auckland
DL14 9BB

TOWN: Bishop Auckland (St Helens Auckland)


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[LeeHodges]

I replaced mine back in 2009; bought it from Racetech TVR for £279+ vat (exchange). Not too bad a job to do though rather tight getting it in/out.

[T1SRA]

Got sick of waiting for return phone calls from Arran rads .
So new radtec ordered and should arrive tomorrow ,
Anyone want to buy a rad with a leak

[Pete Mac]

T1SRA said:

Got sick of waiting for return phone calls from Arran rads .
So new radtec ordered and should arrive tomorrow ,
Anyone want to buy a rad with a leak

My Aaron Radiator arrives tomorrow. Pity you had problems because I rang straight through, spoke to Gavin, very helpful...! I went to Aaron because I had read a complimentary article on them in one of the car mags. The price is not bad either.

With regard to repairing ali rads, Gavin said he couldn't but perhaps he would say that wouldn't he....!

Anyway I will report back on quality, ability to keep the Griff cool etc. As you see on my other thread, having found that my head gasket/liner is OK I am going to completely overhaul the cooling system including:

new rad
new ACT silicon pipes
new ACT stainless steel pipes
new thermostat
new temperature sender
new pressure cap to the expansion tank

I am going to spend a load of time bleeding the little bleeder to get rid of those poxy bubbles. I already have my screw on funnel to the swirl pot but I am going to jack up the front of the car as well as lift the expansion tank to above everything else to see if that does the job.

While I am at it I am going to replace the air inlet hose with:

http://www.autosiliconehoses.com/silicone-2-ply-ai...

and try replacing the exhaust U clamp with this:

http://www.autosiliconehoses.com/ash-t-bolt-hose-c...

I will let you know how I get on.

Anybody want to buy/have for free a second leaky rad - seriously if anybody has a use for it, it seems a pity to just throw it away......? Pete

[bomb]

I am sure these leaking Rads could be overhauled and made good at a specialist supplier, and would be cheaper than buying a new one.

[Pete Mac]

I am no expert on this but I suspect that on a brass radiator you can carry out solder repairs whereas on an aluminium radiator you can only weld and the fins and tubes are too delicate to weld or at least it may be very hard to weld them without doing more damage. I've seen on the internet you can use an epoxy resin repair for aluminium raditors but, too be honest, I'm not sure I would trust it.... Pete

[bomb]

Understood. i am sure the aluminium must be thin too.

[HHD]

So the Radtec radiator has arrived.... Spot the difference!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

HHD said:

So the Radtec radiator has arrived.... Spot the difference!

You'll need some right bendy hoses

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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

HHD said:

So the Radtec radiator has arrived.... Spot the difference!

You'll need some right bendy hoses

And a Left bendy one too......

[spend]

To be fair, I don't recall ever seeing one with the 90degree top hose connection before... Whereas early chims really needed the 90degree bottom hose connector, I think later ones had a bit more clearance that allowed a straight connector.

I'd accept the new one, but question the old one's design ~ there are various foibles between fitting Chim & Griff rads (chims tight at the bottom & Griffs fouling the standard induction pipe at the top) which may have confused rad makers ~ not helped by some of these gross overstatements of 'only one kind & all the same land rovers'???

BTW: I've never seen a TVR rad with a vent hose off the rad which all the LR rads have IIRC, without even touching on those hose angles. No wonder small volume rad makers get confused, the TVR community is not all that precise AFIK