Disco 1 Radiator removal

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Originally Posted by incisor

you get the two for the same price as 1 from other places, i hunted high and low to try and get one and couldnt beat the price or the quality for that matter....

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Would the cranked handle have helped?

I guess that it could be bent with a bit of heat applied in a vice.

Just bought the ones on ebay:) It was the bent ones I wanted wasn't it:eek: Oh well, nothing that a bit of heat and a sledge won't fix.
I was quoted $110 to have the rad rodded, sound reasonable??

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Originally Posted by one_iota

Would the cranked handle have helped?

I guess that it could be bent with a bit of heat applied in a vice.

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they are cranked, the pic just doesnt show it....

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Originally Posted by incisor

they are cranked, the pic just doesnt show it....

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I noticed a pair with the cranked handles elsewhere on their site....and a set of 22 carot gold plated ratchet wrenches :eek: I'll have to get me a set of those for Christmas :p

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Originally Posted by Discobunny

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I was quoted $110 to have the rad rodded, sound reasonable??

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if thats all it is---

cheap as,,,

:D


then theres the coolant,, new hose clamps,
spanners,,
it all adds up.

I'm convinced BUB91 was built on a wednesday---;):D

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

then theres the coolant,, new hose clamps,
spanners,,
it all adds up.

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Yeah all the extras add up. $260 for him to do the lot, remove, rod out and replace, but seeing as I like playing with my cars I'm going to do the bits I can do.

another option.....if you have a grinder....
get a cheap spanner (but a good quality one) from the markets ro trash and treasure.....
then if its doesnt fit just grind the head down a bit thinner till it just fits in the gap......

i once bought some stahlwille spanners from a trash and treasure market.....
i think i got about six or seven spanners for $20.....the smallest of which would have been about 30mm......
to buy those back then would have cost well over $80 each new......these didnt look like they had been used much.....

our auto electrician took one and modified it for this exact job.......

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Originally Posted by incisor

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Viscous-Fan-N...QQcmdZViewItem

same item from same seller i got mine from.... very good service... not connected just a happy buyer :p

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I messaged the seller about the cranked spanners and he sent back this link.

http://www.oztion.com.au/auction/573437.aspx

It looks like ebay but I've never heard of it???

australian version of ebay, some sort of thing but run here in AU

When you go to work on it, cut some cardboard to size, and tape it over the radiator before you start, will stop most of the damage to the fins...