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Old 02-06-2009, 11:43 PM
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Nasty is the word - like baby poop in a bottle...

I have that same indian on a bottle in my garage!
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Well next time (hopefully never) I will use that stuff. but its in now, and no leaks.
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Oops.... I was just in the garage, and decided to take a look - mine has a lion on it.
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Well the radiator inlet (top left) broke. It was frozen and broke off. Now I need a new radiator. I attempted to epoxy it back on, it just blew it off. Any ideas? Went to the junk yards today and no luck. Anything online or something like that? The junk yard wanted around 30 for theirs. That's about what I have to offer. Advice please?
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That's the plastic tank, right? I'm not sure, but you might be able to get the tank. I've never changed one though so I don't know how it goes on. I think there are tabs you bend to remove the tank then bend them back to hold the new one on.
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Yeah the inlet is plastic and its not the side with the trans cooler lines. Its driving me up the wall because new ones are like 200 and up. And I cant afford that. Plus its just plastic!!!!
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If you can't get the tank and want to try something else, get some boat resin and fiberglass cloth and try that. You need to clean and scuff the surface so the stuff will bond to it, and I probably would get the new tank as soon as you can afford it later.
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Originally Posted by Just call me Sean
Iget some boat resin and fiberglass cloth and try that.
Where do you get these?
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It's in the bodywork section of the parts store. It's made by Bondo. I say boat resin because it's mainly used for boats but also fiberglass cars like Corvettes. It's applied like Bondo, mixing in the hardener but it's more like thick water. Just like building a fiberglass part, resin, cloth, resin, cloth, resin until satisfied.
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Do you think this will hold? Its the inlet so itll be hotter than the outlet. I will do this but only if you guys think it will work, cant be pissing money away again.


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