Allen,
THere's a place here in brooklyn that did my radiator (complete boil and
recore) for $110. THey did a wonderful job. And it only took a two days or
so. Make sure you get a three row louvered radiator, not 2 row. 3 row
staggered is much better, but too fat to fit where our radiator fits. If
you want to use my place, and only want to make one trip, I can bring over
my spare radiator, have them recore it, and you only have to pick it up.
I'm exactly 96 miles from the U of Penn campus going down 76 to the walt
whitman bridge. Faster if you take the PA turnpike to the NJ turnpike.
THey redid a friends MGC radiator as well, and he's extremely happy with it.
They've been around since the 50's, same family.
No financial interest, of course.
Michael
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From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ajhsys@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 5:21 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Rad. problems
ARRRRGH! I was working a bit on the Midget this morning, getting ready for
an autocross tomorrow. I replaced the engine/frame ground strap that had
come apart, I installed two urethane bushings on the sway bar, and I put the
speakers behind the seats into the brackets that came with them (I had used
Velcro to hold them to the carpet, but they tend to flop around during an
autocross).
When I jacked the right side up to get to the ground strap bolts, I saw some
rediator coolant dripping a bit. I thought it was left over from the loose
clamp on the bypass hose that I tightened last week, but it was on the wrong
end of the radiator.
I finished my other tasks, topped up the radiator and went for a short spin
to heat up the engine. (The car runs great!) I looked at the radiator and
noticed some dampness on the left side. No huge drips or high pressure
squirting.
I think I will take a gallon of water with me tomorrow and go up to Nazareth
Speedway for the autocross anyway. If a problem rears its ugly head, I'll
pull the radiator on Monday and take it to the local radiator shop on
Tuesday. I hope they can fix it before the list cruise next Saturday!
(Heck, I hope they can fix it, PERIOD! The radiator for my '77 Midget isn't
listed in the catalogs anymore.)
Anybody in SE Pennsylvania have an extra radiator for a late Midget 1500?
Allen Hefner
Philly Region SCCA Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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