Radiator blues

[Stephen Birtles]

I had a new rad built for my coach and had a 6 pass core installed
instead of the 5 pass core that was originally there also had new
tanks made the new rad is the same physical dimensions a 1/4 inch
thicker in the core.
Stephen 77fc35


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Louis Pawley
wrote:
>
> Hi gang, hope everyone had a nice weekend.
>
> Well I learned a valuable lesson last weekend, so this one with the
terrific weather was
> spent fixing the 'Bird...
>
> I drove down to Vancouver/Portland area to watch some trains, and
things only went
> downhill from there.
>
> First, I lost all my keys except for the ignition. Fortunately, I
had enough diesel in the
> tank to get from Seattle to Portland and back no problem.
>
> Waking up Sundasy morning at the Vancouver Amwreck station, I fired
the 'Bird up and
> let her warm her bones, ehh excuse me, I mean frame rails.
>
> Driving down the street, I noticed that turning was god awful hard,
in fact I now had
> manual steering, or so it seemed.
>
> After getting my normal daily liquid drug intake of Starbuckles
caffeine, I got back in the
> 'Bird to head home, and the steeering still felt as if I needed
George Forman to help me
> turn the wheel.
>
> Freaking out, I slowly drove around Vancouvers Sunday morning
traffic dead streets, and
> after awhile once the drugs(i.e. caffeine) kicked in, I realized
that it wasn't my power
> steering pump that was the issue, but my leaky radiator.
>
> The rad. had leaked all over the pulleys on the engine, and the
power steering pump wasn't
> able to do anything until it had warmed up enough so ther belt would
grab.
>
> Safely making it back to Ballard, I parked the 'Bird and red tagged
her, no trips until further
> notice.
>
> So, on Saturda morning I began the tear down. Three hours later I
had the leaky culprit
> out, and I can say that I have learnedv a fair bit about the front
end of my FC33.
>
> Has anyone had their radiator out of a FC expanded by adding
another cooling pass
> without changing the physical dimensions?
>
> Anybody ever used large quick disconnects in the middle of there
hose lines to the engine
> block and chassis heater? I want to do this so that I can easily
remove the rad. in the future
> easy accessiblity for tune ups, etc. without having to make new
gaskets every time and break
> the hose fittings off of the rad.
>
> I like the fact that it swings out. The engineering on this
Seventies beheamoth is truly
> remarkable. Built BlueBird Tough, forget about Fords!
>
> Well, back to work on marine diesels, I wish instead I was workin'
on the 'Bird, but
> gotta pay the bills!
>
>
Sincerely, Tony Pawley
>
Ballard, Wash.
>
1979 FC33 with 3208T
>
>
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