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I was recently quoted $450 to recore a Mk.1 MGB radiator. So it has =
become rather costly. But if you are a stickler for the original =
appearance, and want to insure a perfect fit, I think that is how you =
would want to go.
That said, I wound up with the Moss Motors premium aluminum radiator, =
and it fit fine, and seems to work great. I painted it black so it =
didn=E2=80=99t stand out as a foreign object, and can=E2=80=99t be seen =
through the grill (this really bugs me when I see it on other cars).
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Max Heim
'66 MGB
> On May 2, 2019, at 6:53 AM, David Breneman via Mgs =
<mgs@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> With what I paid, $100 was a rounding error (and he ended up doing
> a lot of work for free, because it was a fixed-price job and he's a
> perfectionist). But it's not the first time I'd heard of this problem
> with new radiators. A lot of people complain about cooling issues=20
> with their MGAs. I've never had a problem, even with weather in=20
> the 80s. And if it's hotter than that, I overheat long before the
> car would.
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> David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com
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> On Thursday, May 2, 2019, 12:41:14 AM PDT, PaulHunt73 =
<paulhunt73@virginmedia.com> wrote:
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> Hmmm. With my cynical hat on I'd say that could be a way of spending =
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> rather than $300.
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> PaulH.
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> ----- Original Message -----=20
> > When I got my MGA restored, the mechanic recommended rebuilding the
> > original radiator rather then buying a replacement, because the new =
ones
> > have fewer "tubes" (whatever the actual term is in radiator-speak) =
in them
> > than the originals, so there is less surface area for cooling.=20
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">I was recently quoted $450 to recore a Mk.1 MGB radiator. So =
it has become rather costly. But if you are a stickler for the original =
appearance, and want to insure a perfect fit, I think that is how you =
would want to go.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">That=
said, I wound up with the Moss Motors premium aluminum radiator, and it =
fit fine, and seems to work great. I painted it black so it didn=E2=80=99t=
stand out as a foreign object, and can=E2=80=99t be seen through the =
grill (this really bugs me when I see it on other cars).</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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font-size: 13px;" class=3D"">'66 MGB</div></div></div>
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<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On May 2, 2019, at 6:53 AM, David Breneman via Mgs <<a =
href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; class=3D"">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><div class=3D"ydp574db6a3yahoo-style-wrap" =
style=3D"font-family:verdana, helvetica, =
sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">With what I paid, $100 was a rounding error =
(and he ended up doing</div><div class=3D"">a lot of work for free, =
because it was a fixed-price job and he's a</div><div =
class=3D"">perfectionist). But it's not the first time I'd heard =
of this problem</div><div class=3D"">with new radiators. A lot of =
people complain about cooling issues <br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">with their MGAs. I've never had a problem, even with =
weather in <br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">the 80s. And if =
it's hotter than that, I overheat long before the</div><div class=3D"">car=
would.<br class=3D""></div></div><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br=
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"ydp574db6a3signature">David Breneman =
<a href=3D"mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com"; =
class=3D"">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a></div></div>
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On Thursday, May 2, 2019, 12:41:14 AM PDT, =
PaulHunt73 <<a href=3D"mailto:paulhunt73@virginmedia.com"; =
class=3D"">paulhunt73@virginmedia.com</a>> wrote:
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<div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Hmmm. =
With my cynical hat on I'd say that could be a way of spending $400 <br =
class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">rather than $300.<br =
class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">PaulH.<br class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">----- =
Original Message ----- <br class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"">> When I got my MGA restored, the mechanic recommended =
rebuilding the<br class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">> =
original radiator rather then buying a replacement, because the new =
ones<br class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">> have fewer =
"tubes" (whatever the actual term is in radiator-speak) in them<br =
class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">> than the originals, so =
there is less surface area for cooling. <br class=3D""></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></div>
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