Re: [MV] Say "Goodbye" to Radiator Shops

From: DaveCole (davidcole@tk7.net)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 12:01:54 PDT


I'm seeing the same thing. Some of the radiator shops are expanding in
Indiana. New buildings, etc.

Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Jon Shoop wrote:

> Not here in the midwest........
>
> Had a shot radiator for a M114...huge core....rotted out. Had good tanks
> though...my local guy looked up a core....more efficient........than the
> old one...and fixed me right up..it works great...runs cooler on hot
> days..........worth every penny.
>
> Jon
>
> t 07:35 AM 6/11/01 -0700, Carol Kenyon wrote:
> >Listers, as a automotive techncian I am witness
> >to a few things...
> > Most if not all new radiators are composite
> >aluminum and plastic. VERY efficient. However, your local poor-old
> >lead-in-his-veins
> >radiator man is on his way out. Don't take his
> >presence for granted. You don't repair this new
> >stuff, you throw it out!
> > I am sure that in the bigger metro areas that
> >there will always be someone, but in lttle towns
> >like mine they are very slow. It's so cheap to
> >buy a Taiwan replacement radiator, why fix it?
> > As far as gas tanks go, our remainng guys don't do them.
> > Perhaps big trucks are a different story, I don't
> >know.
> > Sorry about the pessimism.
> >Don Kenyon in Central California
> >
> >
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