| Re: [GMCnet] Aluminum Radiators [message #85464] |
Fri, 21 May 2010 01:26  |
Richard Brown
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I hate to repeat myself, but here goes. There's nothing wrong with an aluminum radiator. I'd love to have one. however, the radiator I have is repairable for a lot less than what a new one costs. It's simply a matter of economics. Those of you that have one had the money to buy one. I don't. I must work with what I have to work with. No credit cards, no bank loans. What is spent comes after the necessities of life are paid for.I will also be putting my coach to different use than most here. My coach will likely never go anywhere that it can't go to on a full tank, round trip. We will also be spending a lot more time in ours than most of you will. Chances are that no one in this forum will ever see it at a rally (Rally fees buy a lot of groceries). Most spend more on their coaches in a month than we live on in a month(We're both disabled & on SSDI). If things change down the road & I can get a new radiator, I will. Right now, if mine can be repaired, it
will be. My list is too long & my time & money are too short to do otherwise. I appreciate the advise, but I'll take it on advisement as to what & when I do it. Hopefully in a month or 2 the coach will be repaired to the point that it is usable, but it'll never be in a car show or a magazine. It's not meant to be. It's meant to be our retirement home. This coach is no hobby to us. You don't have to agree with what I'm doing. Only Carol & I have to. So thank you for all the advise I have received here, but don't get too upset if I don't follow it.I can only do what funds allow.
Richard & Carol Brown
PO Box 941
Lindale, TX. 75771
1974 GMC Eleganza SE (DILLIGAF)
wings77sporty@sbcglobal.net
(903)881-0192
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Murchison, TX. 75778
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| Re: [GMCnet] Aluminum Radiators [message #85476 is a reply to message #85464] |
Fri, 21 May 2010 07:26  |
Jim Bounds
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Guys, looks like I stirred a pot that many people are standing in front of. I certainly did not intend on flaming opinions. I have to though bring the reality of all the facets of the GMC community into focus. I did not say anything here on the net about this, only on my site where people who I deal with go for input. A larger % of the folks I work with are not as interested as you guys are to mess with their coach all the time and when something happens to their coach on the road they need as many options as possible to get them going. I AM NOT KNOCKING THE ALUMINUM RADIATOR-- so there I said it and put it in block letter. I really am not but it is for a particular portion of the GMC community and not for another.
When I was a kid with my 65 Chevy, when something broke I fixed it better and most of you guys reading this did that too. Those "better" fixes were usually done by me and I researched the issues and usually found some hi tech answer that I then put into my car. The next poor guy that had to fix that fix probably took all the hi tech stuff I did out and just fixed the problem that time with the accepted repair brought forth by the guy standing in front of him. Was I wrong to fix my car better? Was he right by fixing it back to what most normal people would call a repair? No-- both were right but the standard repair was done without getting deep into the issues. This is what I'm talking about. When one day you sell your coach and the new owner has to have a radiator replaced, chances are the shop he takes it to will have to do some scratching of their head hairs-- they will not easily know what to do with that custom made Griffin
radiator. Come on guys, you must see my point!
So put down the pitch forks and the tar bucket-- I'm not on one side of this with all of you on the other. Gene, take it easy-- you have a nice radiator, I am not attacking you or your products-- please stop talking badly about me and my opinion for the common man. Lets not set up 2 camps for aluminum or copper--- lets just all get along! If you want to follow one group and get an aluminum radiator--- coll. If you see no reason to spend more to have a unit that does not do that much to increase your reliability and could cause servicing issues down the road-- heck thats fine too.
Lets not make this a flaming thread, I did not bring it up here for that and brought it up on my web site for those that ask me the question. Sorry, sorry, sorry but I do not change my opinion one bit to those I speak to,
Jim Bounds
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----- Original Message ----
From: Richard Brown <wings77sporty@sbcglobal.net>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Fri, May 21, 2010 2:26:18 AM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Aluminum Radiators
I hate to repeat myself, but here goes. There's nothing wrong with an aluminum radiator. I'd love to have one. however, the radiator I have is repairable for a lot less than what a new one costs. It's simply a matter of economics. Those of you that have one had the money to buy one. I don't. I must work with what I have to work with. No credit cards, no bank loans. What is spent comes after the necessities of life are paid for.I will also be putting my coach to different use than most here. My coach will likely never go anywhere that it can't go to on a full tank, round trip. We will also be spending a lot more time in ours than most of you will. Chances are that no one in this forum will ever see it at a rally (Rally fees buy a lot of groceries). Most spend more on their coaches in a month than we live on in a month(We're both disabled & on SSDI). If things change down the road & I can get a new radiator, I will. Right now, if mine can be repaired, it
will be. My list is too long & my time & money are too short to do otherwise. I appreciate the advise, but I'll take it on advisement as to what & when I do it. Hopefully in a month or 2 the coach will be repaired to the point that it is usable, but it'll never be in a car show or a magazine. It's not meant to be. It's meant to be our retirement home. This coach is no hobby to us. You don't have to agree with what I'm doing. Only Carol & I have to. So thank you for all the advise I have received here, but don't get too upset if I don't follow it.I can only do what funds allow.
Richard & Carol Brown
PO Box 941
Lindale, TX. 75771
1974 GMC Eleganza SE (DILLIGAF)
wings77sporty@sbcglobal.net
(903)881-0192
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