Busted petcock
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From: Royal Oak MI
Busted petcock
Well this weekend I took the car to a local alignment shop to get it aligned after the front end rebuild and engine clean up. All went well until I got home and saw all the coolant coming off the car.
It turns out I should have replaced the heater hoses when I had everything out. So off I go get the hoses and replace them. Now I have to get out the water I filed up the radiator with. Now you know how I broke the petcock off.
When everything was out I took the radiator to get tested and painted. The shop said the radiator was rescored sometime with a different type core but that it should be fine for a while. Well it needs to come out again and I do not want to do this again. So I called Dewitts yesterday and a new Aluminum direct fit painted black is on the way, Thanks Tom
Anyway what a pain in the ***
Rob
It turns out I should have replaced the heater hoses when I had everything out. So off I go get the hoses and replace them. Now I have to get out the water I filed up the radiator with. Now you know how I broke the petcock off.
When everything was out I took the radiator to get tested and painted. The shop said the radiator was rescored sometime with a different type core but that it should be fine for a while. Well it needs to come out again and I do not want to do this again. So I called Dewitts yesterday and a new Aluminum direct fit painted black is on the way, Thanks Tom
Anyway what a pain in the ***
Rob
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You want to talk about a PITA? My 82 doesn't have a petcock, it has a large bolt in the bottom of the radiator. Well on mine, it is coroded closed and no way am I going to spin that thing off. You can feel the metal move when you try to undo it. I just remove the lower hose when I need to service the system. Now that is a PITA!
Dave
Dave
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Ya there are a lot of threads out there about just taking off the bottom hose to drain, but I was in a rush. It also didn't help that I put on the correct elbow type drain for this stupid thing.
I will be draining it from the hose for now on though.
I will be draining it from the hose for now on though.
