K-Seal?

[PhilA]

I need to get a new radiator and this one keeps cracking because it's old.
A new radiator is fiercely expensive and will be have to wait until the new year.
It's a big chunky old engine, but the heater core is the lowest point (natch).

[Eddie Honda]

It's bastard cunting shit stuff to clean out. Give it a miss, be patient.

[panhard65]

As Eddie says don't bother with the stuff. I have never had much success with it and all it does is clog the heater.

[SiC]

Is it possible to fit in a non Pontiac radiator even as a temporary measure? Especially if the area is massive, a trip to a junkyard might find something cheap and usable.

[SiC]

You just know you'll be cursing for a longtime after on having to flush the crud from kseal out after you put a proper new radiator on. And also the risk that'll get clogged up if there is any of it left floating around.

[AutoshiteBoy]

Have you tried Advance Radiators in the north east?

[SiC]

Have you tried Advance Radiators in the north east?

Probably going to be more expensive getting it shipped and import duty to where Phil is in the USA than having it made over there.

[SiC]

This chap reckons a Chevvy truck rad fits in nicely with his (presumably v8) conversion, but may need some work (adaptors?) for the straight 8.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/thr ... st-8728974

[mercrocker]

Do you have any custom rad places near you that can make a fittable aluminium alternative. I don't know what sort of costs you're coming up against but by the time I added the DHL "dropoff" (quite literally) down from Dumfries for my NOS one I could have added a few more quid and done that.

K Seal is something I would use to get home and certainly not if I was the bloke planning to fit another rad....

[angrydicky]

No idea how much companies in the States charge, but I had the one in my A70 recored a few months ago by a local place, £300. Replacing with a new one simply isn’t an option.