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61Chevy454 · 06-08-2017, 01:27 PM

Made quite a bit of progress on Apache. The original Harrison radiator from 1960 was starting to leak, not much, but a bit, and I figured it was probably time for a new one. Bought a 3-core aluminum rad off Amazon and it cools way better. Only issue I had was the drain plug was broken, so all I did was JB weld it and it stopped leaking! I'm thinking I just need a set of aluminum valve covers to make my engine bay look real nice!

I also added a Hayden 678 transmission cooler and deleted the radiator cooler. I don't want to risk coolant leaking into my $1200 transmission and destroying it.

Here's a bonus shot for y'all! Looks badass(;

06-08-2017, 01:27 PM	#12
61Chevy454 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Wellsville, Missouri Posts: 103	Re: Ben's 1961 Chevy Apache K20, Missoula, MT to St. Louis, Missouri Made quite a bit of progress on Apache. The original Harrison radiator from 1960 was starting to leak, not much, but a bit, and I figured it was probably time for a new one. Bought a 3-core aluminum rad off Amazon and it cools way better. Only issue I had was the drain plug was broken, so all I did was JB weld it and it stopped leaking! I'm thinking I just need a set of aluminum valve covers to make my engine bay look real nice! I also added a Hayden 678 transmission cooler and deleted the radiator cooler. I don't want to risk coolant leaking into my $1200 transmission and destroying it. Here's a bonus shot for y'all! Looks badass(;