Don moyer is doing a cross country drive and they are 2 weeks in and the 59 chevy radiator took a crap, does anyone live near there to help out?
Looks like at least 3 others are with him - that radiator will probably have to be special ordered - depending on their schedule they can wait around or find storage for his rig where repairs will be made and continue on their way … Whenever I need a local mechanic recommendation when I am on the road I call the local auto parts store and ask who they trust. My primary mechanic lives in Winslow, which is the next town over, but he has retired - he has secure storage at his place if your friend can’t find anything else. Jim
2.5 hours, 177 miles away. Nearest rad shop here is in Prescott, the half hour would put it after 5 PM. Hoping someone is closer.
Did it spring a leak in a tube or two? Temp fix I’ve used, cut the tube with side cutters, roll it top and bottom and pinch both haves together. Not sure it it would work on a Al one though. Of course won’t help if a tank to tube issue.
For minor leaks I've used Alumaseal. Any auto parts store should have it. https://www.autozone.com/sealants-g...lumaseal-radiator-stop-leak-0-75oz/527184_0_0
@squirrel lives in Arizona and he has one of those pickups and a similar suburban. Maybe he has a spare radiator??
Holbrook is six hours away from me...Arizona is a big state. I had a spare radiator for a little while, but it's gone now, sorry.
I think squirrel is at least 250-300 miles away, if I’m remembering correctly that he lives in the Sierra Vista area.
If I was desperate, I would take some measurements and see if there is a nearby auto parts store that is willing to help. Find something that almost fits, and supplement your imagination with zip ties, duct tape, sheet metal screws, etc to get it back on the road. According to the internet the core of that radiator is 19.875 x 21.5 x 2.625
Well.... you guys are hauling pump campers I see. Get on your phone - web and order an aluminum radiator, fan and belt from LMC or Amazon and ship it to a business address up the street there. It'll be cheaper to buy new than try to cobble something together. Hell, make it an adventure in that little town for a over night or two. No telling what old car/ or truck you might find hiding behind those old building, trees and bushes. You might find some old hot rod car or truck to buy and ship back home. The storied memories made. Good luck.
Any updates on this? I could go lend a hand, but don't have any additional resources than he would (phone, internet and a credit card).
That sucks, the same thing happened to him in my hometown on the coast last week and my high school friend's husband brought him a radiator to swap out. Wonder why this truck is snacking on all of these cores?
Break downs on the road usually suck at the time, but they also usually make for great adventures, and wonderful stories after.
Here is the Instagram link: @ https://www.instagram.com/the_don_moyer?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== I am commenting based on the one image posted by the OP at the start of this thread. If you decide to tow a trailer behind a customized vehicle - you need to engineer the vehicle as a towing platform from the start - modifying a custom to tow after it has been built doesn’t always work out - there are many interacting systems that need to be suitable for daily towing over hundreds of miles. Jim
Holbrook AZ is about as close to being in the middle of nowhere as you might find. 32 miles east of Winslow AZ on I 40. There is a wrecking yard on the south side of town that may be worth a trip. Not proud of it but I have stuck a Ford Cross flow in a Chevy pickup turning the cross flow so the tubes ran up and down and the ford lower outlet moved to the passenger side as an emergency fix. Held it in with some thin flat bar straps. UGlY but it got me there.
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