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I need a new heater core 120-130

posted by  Toby B on  Fri Jan 6 07:02 CST 2006
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well, phooey-
every time a 122 went through the local pick- a- part,
I pulled the heater core.

So why do I need a new one?
Because 3 of 3 have cracked tanks!
Who woulda thunk it?

2 questions, then-
can they be found new for sane money?
Is there a core from some other car that will work?

I was all excited to take a core to the local
rad shop to get recored...

But in other news, I'm working on the 122 project
for the first time in 3 years!

Toby
122t
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    I need a new heater core 120-130

    posted by  mjamgb on  Fri Jan 6 09:27 CST 2006
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    Is the tank cracked or the core??? Certainly a decent radiator shop can repair a tank or find a similar one to put on your (hopefully) decent cores?

    Heck, take all three to the shop and have them make one (or two) good ones from the mess.

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      I need a new heater core 120-130

      posted by  walrus3 on  Sat Jan 7 07:41 CST 2006
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      I agree. Fix it if it is broke.
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      George Downs Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!








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        It done broke good! 120-130

        posted by  Toby B on  Mon Jan 9 17:49 CST 2006
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        of 6 tank ends,

        I have 2 good ones.

        Yes, 2.

        And no, they don't make a matched pair!

        All I can figure is, since it doesn't freeze much around here,
        people ran water in the cooling system.

        On the odd days that it DID freeze, the heater cores did, too.
        And the tanks took the brunt of the expansion.
        I dunno.

        "I'm off to the junkyard with a core core in my hand..."
        (what was that song?)

        More as it develops,
        Toby
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          It done broke good! 120-130

          posted by  walrus3 on  Tue Jan 10 03:56 CST 2006
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          Toby,
          Those things are made of brass and amenable to patching. It is a low pressure
          system and they should be able to fix at least ONE of them.

          Note that stress corrosion cracking occurs in brass in the presence of either
          ammonia compounds or mercury compunds, at VERY low levels. For example the
          tiny brass safety strap on electrically detonated grenades will crack
          when buried in leaf litter in the tropics, apparently from ammonia-like
          compounds generated in decomposition of leaf mold.
          (Learned a lot of stuff in Panama!)
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          George Downs Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!








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            It done broke good! 120-130

            posted by  someone claiming to be TobyB on  Fri Jan 13 17:34 CST 2006 [RELATED]

            Thanks,
            George-

            I'm going to take my bucket of parts to the local rad shop
            and see if he can come up with something.

            Pulling heater cores at the junkyard is a royal pain in the
            patoot.

            Toby








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              Well..... 120-130

              posted by  walrus3 on  Sat Jan 14 03:25 CST 2006
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              Did you ever work on the heater of a 240? The one where they set the heater
              on a stand and built the car around it.....
              By comparison the 122 heater is Duck Soup!
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              George Downs Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!








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                Well..... 120-130

                posted by  someone claiming to be Toby B on  Tue Jan 24 14:00 CST 2006 [RELATED]

                yeah...

                that's what I meant- pulling cores out of other cars to try to find something that fits is just NOT my cuppa tea! I'm going to take my parts to the rad shop and let him have a go at it. As a friend said- 'It's not brain surgery, it's just a heater! It doesn't have to be smart if it works!'

                Toby






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