Re: KPack
Posted by kevinpackard On 2022/3/29 15:01:48
Some progress. I got the radiator back from the shop today. They didn't need to do a recore thankfully. Just refurbished it. They dipped it in an acid tank and took all the old paint and rust off, found and repaired all leaks, then repainted the whole thing in special paint.
While the radiator has been out I've been trying to clean up a few parts while I have easy access to them. One of those is the generator. It seems to be working fine, but the whole thing was covered in a thick layer of grease, grime and dirt.
I spent some time scraping everything off. I debated disassembling the whole thing, but if it's working fine I don't know that it's necessary. Now my question is how were these things painted originally? Was the whole thing black, or were parts of it silver (front and back??).
Lastly, I pushed the car out of the garage for about an hour while I pressure washed all the crud off the floor from winter. I pushed it out and in while the car was in neutral, not running because of no radiator. The next day I found two massive puddles of transmission fluid under the car. One centered under the torque converter, one centered under the pan. I'm at a loss as to why the transmission would puke fluid everywhere after getting pushed 20 feet back and 20 feet forward. Thoughts?
Attach file:
Original radiator.jpg (328.14 KB)
Refurbished radiator.jpg (297.05 KB)
Rust inside before cleaning.jpg (129.71 KB)
Clean inside.jpg (164.92 KB)
Generator after removal.jpg (271.73 KB)
Generator after cleaning.jpg (336.69 KB)
More leaks.jpg (137.41 KB)
While the radiator has been out I've been trying to clean up a few parts while I have easy access to them. One of those is the generator. It seems to be working fine, but the whole thing was covered in a thick layer of grease, grime and dirt.
I spent some time scraping everything off. I debated disassembling the whole thing, but if it's working fine I don't know that it's necessary. Now my question is how were these things painted originally? Was the whole thing black, or were parts of it silver (front and back??).
Lastly, I pushed the car out of the garage for about an hour while I pressure washed all the crud off the floor from winter. I pushed it out and in while the car was in neutral, not running because of no radiator. The next day I found two massive puddles of transmission fluid under the car. One centered under the torque converter, one centered under the pan. I'm at a loss as to why the transmission would puke fluid everywhere after getting pushed 20 feet back and 20 feet forward. Thoughts?
Attach file:
Original radiator.jpg (328.14 KB)
Refurbished radiator.jpg (297.05 KB)
Rust inside before cleaning.jpg (129.71 KB)
Clean inside.jpg (164.92 KB)
Generator after removal.jpg (271.73 KB)
Generator after cleaning.jpg (336.69 KB)
More leaks.jpg (137.41 KB)
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