Monte,
Ask your nearby radiator shop if they are familiar with this job. My
guy said that the core (the fin part between top tank and bottom tank)
had a fourth row of the vertical tubes, hence a four-row core, and that
the core material was something they installed on the existing tanks to
make the radiator.
He said that it was a routine operation, described as 're-coring', in
which the tanks are un-soldered from the core, a new core cut to size,
and the tanks welded back on.
I believe (not known fact here) that they buy the core material in
sections and cut to fit the necessary radiator dimensions, which would
seem necessary as the rebuilt rad has to fit in the same place in the
car.
Bob
On Sat, 17 May 2003 10:11:01 -0500 "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>
writes:
> The radiator repair shop owner, owner of a few MGBs himself,
> suggested that a modern 4-row radiator core would improve the cooling
> ability of the radiator. That was good advice.
>
> Bob,
> Where can I find a 4-row radiator core? Are they the same for all
> models of MGB? Does "core" mean that it's installed inside your old
one?
> Once the 79 gets out of the paint shop, I'll need to iron out the
> overheating problem that I had last summer.
> Thanks,
> Monte
> 79B, Carmine
> 67B, BRG
> 74 1/2 Rust, parts car
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