[Mgs] Draining Radiator

[Glenn Schnittke]

On my two earlier cars without petcocks, I would loosen the lower hose 
clamp and work a short rod in between the hose and the tube allowing you 
to decant the fluid into a container.

While you've got it all empty and working the water pump, you can remove 
  the radiator and install a drain. The rad in my '67 was toast so I 
took the core from the '67 and the frame from the '69, combined them, 
drilled a hole in the bottom, and JB Welded a suitable nut to it (a 
flanged brass nut with pipe thread is best, but anything will work with 
a little teflon), went to NAPA and got a draincock to fit. Works like a 
charm. No leaks.

Unless, of course, originality is important.

Glenn


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> 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.
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