In a message dated 7/7/2006 3:24:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,
dorpaul@negia.net writes:
I took this ebay radiator to a retired radiator man who said that judging
from
it's appearance (rusted shrouding only) and presense of soot that he thought
it had been thru a fire and therefore he thought 'misrepresented' when it had
said to be 'good.' However, by running water thru it he found it to be
'not
stopped up'. He did no other test on it.
I doubt, by looking at it, that it has been through a fire.
1. The round thermal plate on top comes out if the radiator gets very hot. I
have seen one of these come out in service.
2. The fins look remarkably good.
Looks to me like a real original .
The problem I have had with getting old radiators successfully rodded out
is that the radiator shops I have dealt with claim the tubes may come loose
from the fins, causing bad heat transfer.
Best, Mike Moore
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