John,
FWIW, every car I restored which had a good heater core when last used
started to leak when I finished the restoration. Very weird but I think
heater cores are very sensitive to the cold ;-)
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 6:28 PM
Subject: Heater cores
> And on the subject of used: my spare heater core, swapped in to replace
> the leaking original, is itself now starting to leak. I've checked with a
> couple of local shops and they just snickered at a 30 year old Datsun.
> Most shops don't want to bother with recoring, though there's one that
> said to bring it in and they'd consider it (whatever that mean$).
>
> I would like to find a new (not used) core. Contrary to popular rumor,
there
> ARE places in CA that get a tad nippy. Before I'm forced to wrap my feet
> in hot water bottles, has anyone found a replacement unit that works?
> This is a high screen ('69) model.
>
> -- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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