Re: Update on radiator outlet.

[richard <juju34@xxxxxxxxxx>]

if we did not try fixes as you mention, we would still be living in
caves, eating raw dead stuff...etc...etc...

look what car nuts have to do in cuba, and other third world countries,
to keep the cars running...i read an article on a man that makes piston
rings...has learned metallurgy, and his hand made[home made rings last
8000 miles...not bad...

and if it does not work/last, you can always order the new part...nice
to have that option

richard, frugal scot, brit/euro wrench

 i often have to fab parts, on NLA, stuff..you ought to try to get some
alfa parts,,,on cars, that were low production runs...

Michael Menard wrote:
> 
> I went to the BMW dealership in the area (Knauz in
> Lake Bluff, Illinois) and talked to a "Service
> Advisor" who seemed even less than clueless.  No way
> I'm giving that  "advisor" a car to screw with...I
> _do_ have options, ya know...
> 
> Being the cheap, yet creative bastard that I am, I'm
> trying the following:
> 
> I went to the Home Depot this afternoon, and purchased
> some Schedule 40 pipe, along with appropriate
> glue/solvents.  I bought a 1" coupling, and a 3/4"
> coupling, but later found the one piece I bought for
> the 3/4" actually fit perfectly into the remaining
> outlet space, and had a 1" molded end which fit the
> radiator hose perfectly.
> 
> I used a Dremel tool to rough up the surfaces prior to
> joining.  Total cost under $5.00. It _seems_ that it
> works.  However, when I refilled the radiator, I then
> found that there is a crack (likely related to the
> other problem)  which starts where the top of the
> outlet joins the plastic "top" of the radiator (on the
> side, though).  This crack is about 1/2 an inch long,
> ending just under the mount for the fan shroud.
> 
> Not willing to admit defeat, I got out the JB Weld,
> drilled the end of the crack, and opened up the rest
> of the crack with the Dremel and a drill bit, so I
> could really get the JB Weld in there.  I'm letting it
> cure tonight, and tomorrow evening I'll try to refill,
> connect the system, etc.
> 
> I'll report on the results.  If it works, it could
> save a bunch-o-money!  (If not, it won't be the first
> time I made a fool of myself on the Internet!)
> 
> Michael Menard
> Chicago
> 
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