Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:09:09 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Radiator temp sensor question
In-Reply-To: <D8A7E4E3-2B89-4220-A223-6469CC1DCE45@shaw.ca>
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What! Baffles on the grill? Which one? Top bottom or both? Certainly these have been gone on my vans and I never realized they ever existed!
Darn that inability to see pictures.
No, not something I need to fix now, but, now that I know about them I won’t sleep correctly until I learn the details!
Attach to the grill, who knew?
Eric Caron
> On Mar 14, 2023, at 11:29 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>
> There are baffles of a a sort on the grill itself. Often degraded . And changed thru thru the years of van models.
>
> You might be able to see, yeah there I go again , tabs of points , in the grill . They were melted over to hold the baffle.
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> Sorry I can’t be better than this , hard to do without taking pic.
>
> But don’t worry about the grill attached ones for now. We, the list , can help you with that if needed late
>
>> On Mar 14, 2023, at 8:25 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Alistair,
>>
>> I’ve got the new baffles ready to go.
>> I have the GW ones. I didn’t know about making my own. And not sure what material to use. Interestingly the bottom original baffle on the 84 was in really good condition. And the side pieces were only missing the top parts.
>>
>> I’m wondering though. Were there baffles on either side of the headlights between headlight and radiator? Seems like that might have been a good thing for noise reduction or was that always just open?
>>
>> Thanks for the tip on the permatex. I have a few different ones.
>>
>> I’ll double check about the red. I think that might be the high temp.
>>
>> Nice thing is that can always be done after the radiator is back in.
>>
>> I’m tempted to put all together but wait on bleeding until I have an extra person.
>> I’m not good at evenly spreading things like that. So I could wait for the second person, or talk my wife into helping.
>>
>> Still I’ve had fun with this task so far.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>> On Mar 14, 2023, at 11:11 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
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>>> The side of rad baffles..
>>> There are drawings out there for you to make new .
>>>
>>> And I think gw makes replacements
>>>
>>>
>>> The sensor, Dennis will have answer, but I like to put on some gasket sealing compound on those tyoe of things
>>>
>>>
>>> Can’t recall the details, but permatex gasket maker anaerobic red stuff. It’s 518 I think?
>>>
>>> In the threads and the gasket, just a little bit .
>>>
>>> Ab
>>>
>>>>> On Mar 14, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi foks,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a procedure or torque specification for installing the new sensor onto the new radiator?
>>>>
>>>> I have the sensor and it came with a gasket.
>>>>
>>>> New radiator arrives tomorrow, fingers crossed this one is solid and without impact marks from shipping.
>>>> All is out and area ready for the new radiator to go back in.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions for anything that should be done in there before it goes back in?
>>>>
>>>> Considering the years of dirt on the back of the van I was amazed how clean the front was.
>>>>
>>>> There is insolation on one side of the fan area but not on the other. Is that missing or how it was done?
>>>>
>>>> I will add just a bit of sound deadening in places I can now reach.
>>>> So sensor install tips?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Eric Caron
>>>
>>
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