Thanks for help with Radiator 83 GL Wagon - Portland

[lkindred]

Oh Oh - 2 thank yous for GD in one day. Seriously I wanted to say thank you to hatchsub and General Disorder who responded to my plea on where to buy a radiator as car was still overheating after head gasket replacement.

 

Car was back on rode with the new radiator (2 yrs old) out of my hatch however eventually I will want to replace the one I now have. Fortunately floortom (Ken) is experienced at head gasket replacement.

 

So, I called Discount Import Parts as GD suggested and got a quote from Shane for $119 for the radiator - which is certainly more in line with what I want to pay.

 

Ken's car was still running crappy and he had searched high and low for a vacuum hose that might be off but could not find it. However, last night he did indeed find it and now he says it is running great.

 

So thanks again for the help - appreciate it! Just don't let your head get too big GD.

 

And by the way we didn't entirely ignore your advice on the clutch for my 86 hatch back in June or July (or whenever it was) it was just that the clutch plate coming out was 8 7/8 not the 7" whatever and we couldn't find parts to match between the spline and the plate something was wrong on every new clutch we bought. Ken finally used a gently used clutch out of another car.

 

So thanks again - USMB is a wonderful resource.

 

Lynn