01 Apr 12 09:03, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    RW>>  MH> cooler and the antifreeze (both in the radiator).  This caused   
    RW>> a   
    RW>>  MH> flood of transmission fluid to entire the coolant - overflowing   
    RW>> the   
    RW>>  MH> overflow, breaking the hose, and making a huge mess.   
    RW>>   
    RW>> Man, that's a heart breaker.   
      
    MH> It was difficult to witness, especially on the way home from work.   
      
   8^)  Stuff like that never happens on your day off or when you're working   
   around the garage.   
      
    RW>> Did you keep the old radiator? It would be interesting to know what   
    RW>> that internal trans-cooler line is made of. Plastic, like the end   
    RW>> caps or brass/copper lines?   
      
    MH> No, I didn't ask for the old radiator.  It would have been   
    MH> interesting to know how it broke internally.  I didn't realize that   
    MH> the trans-cooler could fail in a way that would allow the fluids to   
    MH> mix.   
      
   I've never seen it happen before. That internal line is either wrapped in   
   a coil or waving back and forth. There had to be some stress on it, or   
   there was some kind of corrosion going on. I would have asked for it back   
   and taken a hot knife to the lower tank and found out why it happened.   
      
    RW>> I'll bet it got pressure washed too. 8^)   
      
    MH> It does look like it got cleaned up a good bit, but there is still   
    MH> that slime behind the lights and in hard to reach places.  I will   
    MH> have to give it another good cleaning.   
      
   Buy a spray can of engine cleaner and spray that where you need to. Follow   
   the instructions, then use a spray nozzle or pressure washer to clean it   
   up.   
      
    RW>> It wouldn't have driven very far with no trans fluid, unless you   
    RW>> hooked both lines together outside of the radiator.   
      
    MH> True.. It also wouldn't have gone far at all with no antifreeze going   
    MH> into the engine.   
      
   Oh yeah. Wait for it to cool, drive it a few blocks, then shut it down and   
   wait for it to cool again.   
      
    RW>> I had a similar situation with my 72 Cheyenne pickup. The upper   
    RW>> radiator hose blew in half and there was anti-freeze all over the   
    RW>> place. The engine began to run hot, but I didn't notice it right   
    RW>> away. When I did, I pulled off the freeway and as I stopped, the   
    RW>> engine caught fire because those old Quadra-jet carbs leaked fuel   
    RW>> out of the throttle plate holes as they wore out of round.   
    RW>> Fortunately, a passerby had a fire extinguisher with him and put   
    RW>> that fire out before I could by suffocating it with a beach towel.   
      
    MH> At least you prevented a car-be-que (or in this case, a   
    MH> truck-be-que).   
      
   Had to call Nancy (girl friend at the time) and she walked over to her   
   mother's house to get the car they shared and then she picked me  up. I   
   had her drive me to a parts store and I bought some new parts for it, went   
   back and installed them and some water to get it home, then cleaned up the   
   mess. It still had a air cleaner to engine breather on it that got a   
   little melted, but still worked fine when I sold it 22 years later.   
      
      
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