25-11-2022, 04:26 PM
I removed the front end of Ruby to remove the engine and found the rad was leaking at the bottom two studs which I was not aware of.
The rad has an original style core which had stood with water, but no antifreeze, for around 30 years.
I took the rad to a local rad repair shop that I’d used before to repair a spare rad for me and it’s just like stepping back in time to the early 1900’s, very dark, certainly no H&S rules are in operation with real heavy vapours in the air.
When I told him how long the rad had stood with water in his comment was that was better than draining them and leaving them empty, now whether that be true…..??
Anyway he did the repair and then pressure tested the rad after his work and all is still good.
The rad has an original style core which had stood with water, but no antifreeze, for around 30 years.
I took the rad to a local rad repair shop that I’d used before to repair a spare rad for me and it’s just like stepping back in time to the early 1900’s, very dark, certainly no H&S rules are in operation with real heavy vapours in the air.
When I told him how long the rad had stood with water in his comment was that was better than draining them and leaving them empty, now whether that be true…..??
Anyway he did the repair and then pressure tested the rad after his work and all is still good.