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    Success! Stopping pretty good is as good as it gets!

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    Pelago,
    I have the old radiator out of mine that may be the same or close to yours and it's been all redone if your interested in it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gmwillys View Post
    You are going to be the brake master adjuster before you're done.


    I found that if the wheels are still on it makes it difficult to turn, i know the wt of wheels should help, however i 1/2 way dismantled the front end and just drum on and i could really feel the eccentrics move the shoes, too much and it locks up, got it do just barely touching.. then re assembled and did rear end same

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    think i messed up with the pepper, probably got all the water passages gobbed up with pepper now running hot

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    Quote Originally Posted by TJones View Post
    Pelago,
    I have the old radiator out of mine that may be the same or close to yours and it's been all redone if your interested in it.

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    from a m38a1?

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    Pepper will reject water. It is not attracted to it. A good flush will get it out.

    TJones has a 1952 M38 or CJ3B I think.
    Last edited by bmorgil; 09-29-2019 at 01:44 PM.

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    Pepper Cure

    Quote Originally Posted by pelago View Post
    think i messed up with the pepper, probably got all the water passages gobbed up with pepper now running hot
    Well, that was always one of the down home remedies for a leaky radiator. I've never tried it, but now we know it probably isn't that good an idea.

    Another lesson learned and myth busted.

    We're still learning.

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    It’s a 52 M38, you’ll have to check to see if it will fit.
    Mine has bolts on the bottom tank that holds it in place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LarrBeard View Post
    Well, that was always one of the down home remedies for a leaky radiator. I've never tried it, but now we know it probably isn't that good an idea.

    Another lesson learned and myth busted.

    We're still learning.
    prior to using the pepper, i had good water flow and the temp was running 178-181 around there and as i said coolant flow was superb, now coolant flow is not as it should and that tells me that the radiator not flowing and only reason it wouldnot flow has to be that the coolant channels are not right, pepper gobs in it
    ****

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    Dough! Pepper will get you home, but not a long term fix.

    A true M38 radiator was designed just like the early A1s. Mount rods come up from the motor mounts to the sides of the radiator. This was the only means of mounting the rad, to make the engine and cooling an assembly. The grill was not mounted to the rad or the crossmember. The assembly could be plucked out of the frame without draining coolant, and coul be ground hopped outside of the vehicle to ensure the pack was running properly. Not much has changed over the years. Today's modern military machines still use the "Full Up Power Pack" method to power vehicles. We service and test packs, then Dyno test the whole assembly to ensure the FUPP will withstand the punishment offered by war.
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