01 Apr 12 09:03, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:



 RW>>  MH> cooler and the antifreeze (both in the radiator).  This caused
 RW>> a
 RW>>  MH> flood of transmission fluid to entire the coolant - overflowing
 RW>> the
 RW>>  MH> overflow, breaking the hose, and making a huge mess.
 RW>>
 RW>> Man, that's a heart breaker.

 MH> It was difficult to witness, especially on the way home from work.

8^)  Stuff like that never happens on your day off or when you're working
around the garage.

 RW>> Did you keep the old radiator? It would be interesting to know what
 RW>> that internal trans-cooler line is made of. Plastic, like the end
 RW>> caps or brass/copper lines?

 MH> No, I didn't ask for the old radiator.  It would have been
 MH> interesting to know how it broke internally.  I didn't realize that
 MH> the trans-cooler could fail in a way that would allow the fluids to
 MH> mix.

I've never seen it happen before. That internal line is either wrapped in
a coil or waving back and forth. There had to be some stress on it, or
there was some kind of corrosion going on. I would have asked for it back
and taken a hot knife to the lower tank and found out why it happened.

 RW>> I'll bet it got pressure washed too. 8^)

 MH> It does look like it got cleaned up a good bit, but there is still
 MH> that slime behind the lights and in hard to reach places.  I will
 MH> have to give it another good cleaning.

Buy a spray can of engine cleaner and spray that where you need to. Follow
the instructions, then use a spray nozzle or pressure washer to clean it
up.

 RW>> It wouldn't have driven very far with no trans fluid, unless you
 RW>> hooked both lines together outside of the radiator.

 MH> True.. It also wouldn't have gone far at all with no antifreeze going
 MH> into the engine.

Oh yeah. Wait for it to cool, drive it a few blocks, then shut it down and
wait for it to cool again.

 RW>> I had a similar situation with my 72 Cheyenne pickup. The upper
 RW>> radiator hose blew in half and there was anti-freeze all over the
 RW>> place. The engine began to run hot, but I didn't notice it right
 RW>> away. When I did, I pulled off the freeway and as I stopped, the
 RW>> engine caught fire because those old Quadra-jet carbs leaked fuel
 RW>> out of the throttle plate holes as they wore out of round.
 RW>> Fortunately, a passerby had a fire extinguisher with him and put
 RW>> that fire out before I could by suffocating it with a beach towel.

 MH> At least you prevented a car-be-que (or in this case, a
 MH> truck-be-que).

Had to call Nancy (girl friend at the time) and she walked over to her
mother's house to get the car they shared and then she picked me  up. I
had her drive me to a parts store and I bought some new parts for it, went
back and installed them and some water to get it home, then cleaned up the
mess. It still had a air cleaner to engine breather on it that got a
little melted, but still worked fine when I sold it 22 years later.


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