Mick:
Here's a suggestion to lighten the dark day a little. Have the radiator
re-cored. That will cost you a lot less than replacing the whole thing,
and you'll have a radiator that will be better than new, especially if you
get a 5-row core or a high-efficiency core (4 rows but 20% more tubes). I
have had radiators re-cored on an 11CV Citroen, a DS21 Citroen, a 73 Alfa
Romeo, and my Interceptor III, and never paid more than $250
US--significantly less in some instances. The idea is to re-use the
original tanks, which presumably were not damaged by the runaway fan, and
to replace the core, which was damaged, and which was probably a bit
sludged-up anyway. Any competent radiator shop should be able to do the
job for you.
David Crowne in San Diego
71 Interceptor III 133/5474
At 10:57 AM 9/29/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all,
> I'm probably preaching to the wise but I just thought I'd mention
> something that happened to my Interceptor last night:
> Picture the scene, sun setting, gorgeous country road, girl
> friend in the car, 60 mph when i suddenly hear an almighty bang from
> under the bonnet, stone chip thinks I until i got to the country pub I
> was heading for, when I noticed steam pouring out of the front grill!
> Turns out the bolt that holds the right hand cooling fan into it's
> frame had worked loose, the fan had moved forwards and the impeller had
> taken a chunk out of my radiator! Not good, so please just take 2 minutes
> to check that your cooling fans are clamped firmly in place.
>
>p.s. anybody in the north west of England have a spare interceptor III
>radiator?! If so I'd love to hear from you! 07813 100582 :-(((
>
>Regards, Mick.
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