Posted by Brett in AK on Friday, January 04, 2002 at 8:47AM :
In Reply to: Re: Later Heater posted by Clint Dixon on Wednesday, January 02, 2002 at 1:13PM :
My 49 B1PW has the heater and the overflow or surge tank. The overflow pipe has separated from the radiator neck. So now I get to pull the radiator to resolder the pipe. I imagine this was caused by vibration as the line is copper all the way to the tank. I would recommend to anyone reinstalling the tank or radiator to use a piece of rubber hose to isolate the vibration. It's probably heresy to admit it, but since the tank was rusted out (pre Prestone or Zerex) I just cut the mounting straps off the old tank and welded them onto a USFS round gas can. Looks just fine and if you won't tell, neither will I!