Plastic tanked radiator....

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Yep, they have a rubber seal between the plastic and the core and they can just bend the tabs back and remove the tank.
Not sure if anyone will do it around your area but it is done.
 
Want to change both the t-stats in my truck....being that I need to dump the coolant might as well get the radiator done. Damn temperature troubles...
 
a new one is less than a rod out...you will never get it to reseal even with the trick tool. Buy a new one thats all metal.
 
magnummopar said:
a new one is less than a rod out...you will never get it to reseal even with the trick tool. Buy a new one thats all metal.
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Have not seen an all brass one.....oem replacements are over $200....have seen an all aluminum one...I ain't dropping close to $800 on a radiator...
 
They are assemble by machine and crimped by the same. You won't find a shop to mess with a plastic tank radiator as far as removing ang installing them. I just paid 125.00 to have my 3 core factory radiator rodded out. So 200.00 for a new one ain't bad!
 
We have a local radiator shop in Macon that's been in business since the early 1940s. They don't mess with plastic radiators at all. I've never heard of anybody doing it, but that doesn't mean anything. Usually, those type radiators are so cheap, you can probably replace them at the cost of repair.
 
inkjunkie said:
Have not seen an all brass one.....oem replacements are over $200....have seen an all aluminum one...I ain't dropping close to $800 on a radiator...
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PM me details on truck and on Monday I will have J call our rad guys and see what we can do. He drove Duramax for a few years so knows them quite well and we get some smokin deals on rads. Evan
 
magnummopar said:
PM me details on truck and on Monday I will have J call our rad guys and see what we can do. He drove Duramax for a few years so knows them quite well and we get some smokin deals on rads. Evan
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Message sent. I am hoping I just have a t-state that went south. Need to haul this year's pellets for our heat...with the way ito is now that is going to be interesting...
 
Part of the purpose of the plastic tanks is to electrically insulate the AL rad core from the chassis. Unlike brass rads, where the electrolytic corrosion concentrates in the iron block, an AL rad gets the brunt of the natural electrolytic corrosion, and breaking the electrical connection to the chassis helps reduce that AL rad corrision. So, for a road truck, I'd keep the stock plastic tanks and insulating mounts.
 
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