John Alexander

Have left and right radiators for the 98-01 VFR.
Work fine but a few "imperfections". Cheap.

JohnA in LA

On Dec 1, 2007 4:31 PM, John Johnson wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 27Nov, 2007, at 12:07 AM, mike wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Johnson" Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 9:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: Coolant Flush Adventure
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On Monday 26Nov, 2007, at 11:12 PM, mike wrote:
> >>
> >>> Managing to turn a 15 minute job into about a 5 "dayer". I have
> >>> taken the
> >>> fairing of the bike. In doing so, I somehow managed to break off a
> >>> tube
> >>> which flows from the bottom of the overflow tank up to the fairing.
> >>> It's the
> >>> piece that connects into the fairing somewhere that is broken.I
> >>> cannot see
> >>> where it connects? Any ideas ?
> >>>
> >> Does it connect to the radiator, right underneath the cap? There
> >> should be an overflow/breather tube on your overflow tank, up near
> >> the top, and a hose from the radiator fill neck to the overflow tank,
> >> near the bottom.
> >>
> >> later,
> >> Johnj
> >>
>
> > Hi John
> > Yup, it does. I have a feeling that I rode like that all summer.
> > Maybe a
> > reason why the bike rode so hot in stop and go traffic. I guess I
> > could get
> > it saudered. I wonder if it might be time to swap out the rad for a
> > new one?
> > It is a 1996 with about 60,000 KM on it.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Mike
>
> I don't think that a replacement of the radiator is necessary at this
> point, unless the spigot on the radiator has broken off. If the
> rubber hose simply came off its spigot, then splurge on a section of
> new hose and re-attach it. I believe it uses one of those spring-
> clamps to hold it on, but it's dark and I don't feel like going out
> to the garage to check just at the moment.
>
> If the spigot _has_ broken off, you might call up a radiator shop and
> ask if a repair is feasible. A new radiator from Honda will be
> _quite_ expensive, and a used unit will likely be difficult to find,
> so repair strikes me as a good option in this case.
>
>
> later,
> Johnj
>
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