Re: Model 1100 radiator removal

Posted by BillP On 2012/10/15 6:29:57

Hi Dave and thanks for your as-usual thorough and illuminating response.

I had the car in for for some extensive service after a long (personal health-related) slumber. It ran well after return but the man said that it warmed up; not bad but hotter than it ought to. He said that as he directed his thermal gun across the radiator, one half was normally warm while the other half was room temperature cool.

I took it out yesterday on my ten-mile "test loop" and it got very hot. By the time I pulled back into the driveway, the needle was nearly in the red. So something has caused it to be so hot and I figure the radiator sounds like a culprit.

A question: after I get radiator/shell/shutters out as an assembly, may I assume it's a straightforward job to strip it down to the radiator itself? I don't want to risk those other parts getting lost or damaged.

Your opinions welcome.