alexdj125
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 12:18 PM |
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Cooling woes.
Hi all,
Just in the middle of re plumbing my xflow and its really starting to annoy me. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I need a new radiator. Has to be
about 420mm X 350mm. preferably easy to get hold of and cheap. Any ideas of cars I can raid for one? Thanks, Alex.
If it ain't broke- it soon will be!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 12:25 PM |
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not got a scrappy near by?
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alexdj125
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 12:43 PM |
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Yeh but they dont let you roam around having a look at the cars, you can only ask them for a specific part from a specific car and they will go and
find it. I would just ask them for one with the dimensions I need but they are Polish and extremely unhelpful! (no offence to Polish people!)
If it ain't broke- it soon will be!
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lsdweb
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 01:22 PM |
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Try Northern Radiators Catalogue
Find the one that fits (Polo?) and then you can either go to your local Polish scrappy or buy new for not a lot more!
Wyn
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 01:46 PM |
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Oh one of the scrappys here is like that, totally idiotic way to run one, they really don't have a clue. I once was taken into the yard (under
guard) to identify a capri bit I needed and was totally stunned to see a stack off old landys that had obviously been there a loooong time,
they'd gone green! In the other scrappy a Landy lasts about a day before folk have stripped down to the chassis. I never use that one now.
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Thinking about it
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 02:32 PM |
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Just bought a new one from here £27 VW Polo
http://www.autokool.co.uk/
Not worth risking a second hand one.
[Edited on 27/2/08 by Thinking about it]
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MKMike
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 02:43 PM |
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check out Item No. 150175820774 on e-bay. This is the one that I bought.
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coozer
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 02:49 PM |
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I went into my local motor parts shop and had a llok through the catalogue looking for one with the correct fittings, hose positions etc and said:
"can I have one of them, X x Y with the filler cap blanked off and a breather here"
No problem sir, 3 days. I've still got it, i'll check the measurements and see if its any use to you.
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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02GF74
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 02:56 PM |
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i have mk2 escort radaitor (?or is it cortina) that you can have for free, believed to be working,
looks similar to this:
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alexdj125
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 03:23 PM |
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Thanks for all the replies! How much did you pay for yours coozer? I looked at polo ones but the hoses would be in different places to where they are
now, although I suppose it wouldn't be the end of the world replacing a few! 02GF74- thanks very much for the offer of the rad, I'll send
a u2u in a min!
Alex.
If it ain't broke- it soon will be!
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Thinking about it
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 04:02 PM |
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Mine is the one MK Mike bought. I collected mine and the company is Autokool.
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