Date:         Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:50:43 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Radiator install time
Comments: To: Dan Brideau <dan@HOBBYETC.COM>
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Time taken to replace radiator depends on a few techniques.

1.  with 6 pack (of favorite brew) in hand and several helpers (may need
case) this could take an entire Saturday.

2.  with just the six pack (or genereous coffee breaks) and no helpers it
could take half a day or a little more.

3.  just doing the drudgery of work it could take 2 to 3 hours. (depending
on bleeding.  (bleeding could refer to knicks, cuts, knuckles or to the
bleeding of the coolant system when done.)

Recommend new hoses when you replace the rad.

jimt


On 9/13/05 2:33 PM, "Dan Brideau" <dan@HOBBYETC.COM> wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I've got a predictable spew of coolant comming from the front of my '85.
>
> I'm assuming the radiator is leaky.
>
> What's a realistic time for replacing it? Few hours? Afternoon? Whole
> Saturday?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dan Brideau
> http://www.skidweeb.com/
>
>