RE: [MV] Buyers Beware

From: Stu (stuinnh@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 12:45:38 PDT


Almost new??

                "Stu"
 Southern New Hampshire, USA
        "Live Free Or Die"
 
Military Vehicle Preservation Assoc.
Merrimack Valley Military Vehicle Collectors
Green Mountain Military Vehicle Club
Vehicles:
1967 M151A1 Jeep
1964 M416 1/4 Ton Trailer
1986 M1009 CUCV Blazer
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
Behalf Of Fred Martin
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:17 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Buyers Beware

If that is what you call rebuilding...what would you call it if they
removed the top and bottom and replaced the core? Fred Martin

Bill Kealey wrote:
> I agree with Stu on this.
> Rebuilding or reconditioning a radiator would include more than
flushing it
> out or pouring in a chemical, presumably to clean it out. Rebuilding
would
> involve, at the very least cleaning the outside, checking and/or
resoldering
> all of the seams and fittings. Further the rebuilding process would
include
> pressure testing. If T. W. Murray is doing all of this or sending the
> radiators out to be done at a regular radiator shop then they would
have no
> trouble with saying that the radiators are rebuilt or reconditioned.
>
> Just my 1/2 cent worth.
>
> Bill K.
> MVPA #24623
> 1954 USMC M38A1
> 1972 US Army M35A2 non-turbo w/winch
> 1985 USAF M105A2
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stu" <stuinnh@comcast.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Buyers Beware
>
>
>
>>Really? What did they rebuild? Key word is build, not pour. I
don't
>>have to ask him anything nicely. I don't buy from companies that
>>misrepresent their goods. T/O radiators sell for $65, not $150.
>>
>> "Stu"
>> Southern New Hampshire, USA
>> "Live Free Or Die"
>
>
>
>
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