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What More Can Go Wrong?

#21 three50one

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 01:49 PM

Just an aside- Ive gotten 28 mpg in my sho. Normally about 18-21 though.
Jb won't hold that. You may be a able to find someone to plastic solder but I'd go new.

#22 Bull Geek

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 09:22 PM

What about the junkyard option? You're in the part of the country where rust can cause rads to rot out.

Remember on the Gen 3/4 the rad comes out the bottom of the car, not through the top like on a Gen 1/2.

You can still do the job in your driveway, you just need a good amount of height off the ground to get the rad out the bottom.

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#23 SoNic

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 06:51 AM

Time to get dirthy and save the 150$... Radiator replacement is not so bad like it looks. You need warm weather (or a heated garrage) thou.

You need some car ramps anyway, for future oil changes

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#24 2000_Gold_Taurus

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 07:46 AM

I had another thought. If the hole left in the tank is round, maybe you could tap threads in the plastic and thread in a hose barb. More secure than epoxy.

#25 steveg1988

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 08:55 PM

SoNic, on 06 February 2012 - 06:51 AM, said:

Time to get dirthy and save the 150$... Radiator replacement is not so bad like it looks. You need warm weather (or a heated garrage) thou.

You need some car ramps anyway, for future oil changes

I do not do oil changes at my house...my grandparents do not want hte mess, and they want me to do it at a mechanic, not on my own, so the repair is done 100% right.....their words not mine.

When i do my own oil, i have to head over to my uncles place and use his jack stands and floor lift, my grandmother has issues with my grandfather (Long story, he kept oil around before he died, and my grandmother remarried, and my current grandfather agrees with her, i live with my grandparents) and how he did oil changes. So i just do it at my uncles or have it done for me if i can get a good deal, like 24 bucks with a car wash.

I am doing the repair the proper way, brand new radiator, and a brand new metal pulley.

#26 Zeptoplix

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 02:54 PM

Get the Water-Weld to perform a budget fix.

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#27 steveg1988

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:32 PM

Zeptoplix, on 07 February 2012 - 02:54 PM, said:

Get the Water-Weld to perform a budget fix.

Sorry about the delay, i am definitely biting the bullet and perform the proper fix...a new radiator and a new pulley, I can commute via train from school on the weekends.