Posted by SweetFeet on January 09, 2013 at 06:40:42 from (70.35.103.74):
Radiator that came on our 1931 regular. In all the junkyards we have been in over the years, we have NEVER seen such a tough looking core. It is just falling apart (and yet the rest of our tractor looked pretty good upon dismantling...for instance the head was not all rusted).
Two things:
1. My husband is curious as to your ideas regarding why/what would cause it to deteriorate so badly (fins are so rotten, I can drag my pinkie finger across them and they just crumble).
2. We just thought their attempt to "fix" it was interesting. Rubber pushed into the hole at the front/bottom and the wood shim shoved into the top of the damaged tube inside the top.
We did buy a different used core to put in the Regular... but I think it would be kind of fun to use this one, because it looks like crud. Anyway, we were just curious what you all thought.
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