We took the car to Angie's grandparent's tonight to play cards and nothing bad
happened. I'm going to try running it to work tomorrow. I'm not super duper
confident in this one so I'll be keeping the eagle eye on it.
-Curt
From: WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com>
To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The joy of rusty cars
Yep, another ATTABOY!
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 4:18 PM
Subject: [MBZ] The joy of rusty cars
>A couple weeks ago I took the Jetta to the grocery store, when I came out I
>noticed a little pink puddle of coolant by the driver's side front wheel.
>Rats.It appeared the lower front driver's side corner of the radiator was
>munched so I bought one at FLAPS and had a local guy install it since it
>was very cold outside and most of the front clip has to come off the car.
>He mentioned that it was rusty crusty in there.The very next day all the
>coolant had leaked out. It looked like the leak was in the very same place
>but that seemed unlikely with a brand new radiator. So I rented a trailer
>and hauled it to my VW guy. He said the radiator was leaking and I told him
>to put another in figuring it was just a crappy radiator and I'd return
>it.When I got to look at it it turns out the new radiator was leaking in
>exactly the same place as the old one. It turns out the radiator sits down
>into two holes in the bottom of the front clip which had rusted out. The VW
>guy drilled two new holes and moved the radiator over half an inch but that
>meant there was nothing to hold it in place, the top of the radiator is
>supposed to beheld by two bolts with rubber bumpers which wouldn't work now
>because the radiator was in the wrong place and the holes didn't line up.
>
> We zip tied it in place so I could haul the car home and the next day I
> made two mounts for the top which use the existing holes and bolts and
> slot into the top of the radiator with rubber bumpers I made from some
> sheets of viton. Yesterday I ran it around some and it didn't seem to
> leak. Today I ran it around even more, got the car fully up to temp and
> all and it *seems* like I've gotten it beat.
> I think in the spring I'll pull the front of the car off, weld up the
> holes and redrill so the radiator sits in the right place. While we had
> the front off I noticed that one of the frame horns is missing a big
> section so I want to weld that up too.
> Anyway, I'm thinking this car might have 2 more years in it. I figure 3
> years is a good run for a $1500 car...
> -Curt
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