[Mgs] Draining Radiator

[Bob Howard]

Dan,
   The core of the radiator is a couple of inches (at most) below the
filler neck, so one can not remove much coolant with a syphon.  Remove
the lower hose and be ready for the mess.
Bob
 
On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 05:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
writes:
> I need to drain the radiator on my '76 B as I have a squealing water 
> pump that needs to be replaced. My particular
> radiator doesn't have a petcock (always like to try to work that 
> word into conversation ;-) and I was able to use a
> siphon method to get about a quart of fluid out of the upper tank. 
> But I don't know what the internals of a radiator
> look like so I'm not sure if I can sneak my tubing down further 
> inside to siphon out more, or if I just have to remove
> the lower hose like I usually do and get coolant all over the 
> place.
> 
>  Dan D
> Central NJ USA
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