I restored 2 cars. Each time I finished the restorations and went to start
it up both heater cores leaked :(
There's nothing better than getting fresh A/F all over your brand new
carpets, except of course for spilling brake fluid on your shiny new paint.
I now replace all heater cores during a restoration and use silicone brake
fluid.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "datsun_sports" <datsun_sports@hotmail.com>
To: "Datsun Forum" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 6:03 PM
Subject: heater core question / temp sender
> I took my heater core to a local radiator place about a week ago.
today he
> told me that it pressure tested good so they hot tanked it. when the
retested
> it he said there was a bunch of small leaks in it. I was told that this is
a
> symptom of old cores. I do not know much about it so I thought I would ask
you
> guys. he did not seem like he was trying to blow smoke or was trying to
put
> one over on me. this is the second one I have that is bad (it was the one
from
> my car and looked as if it had frozen over expanding the tubes). I was
told it
> would be around 150 to build a new core. he said the tanks on it were
good.
> for the price I can buy a whole new one I think. thoughts?
> I installed an aftermarket ammeter in my 67 1600 last week. it is
working
> great. I would like to replace the temp gauge, fuel gauge, and oil
pressure
> gauge now. I will most likely do the temp gauge first. I looked over the
parts
> package it comes with and it had a nut that looks like the one holding the
> original type sender in. is this a universal size and thread type set-up
for
> cars of this era? where is a good source for braided oil line for the oil
> pressure gauge? The one with the oil gauge is a vinyl hose.
>
>
> As always,
>
> thx!
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