vsv8berlinawag
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- VS II 5 ltr Berlina Wagon
The original 19 year old brass/copper radiator has been repaired a few times now and I have been advised to get another one. Did that and bought an ADR branded brass radiator. Visually it's quite similar and is meant to fit from VL to VS, BUT when I installed it, it sits 10mm higher than the original. Took it out and grabbed the tape measure and confirmed that it's 470mm high while the original is 460. So what one may ask, well once you fit the CAI you can feel resistance when pushing the bonnet shut. Even the original rad has a scuff mark on the CAI from the plastic retainer that holds the sound/heat insulation under the bonnet. I don't want an alloy one as I only hear bad reports about them, so being in Adelaide can anyone recommend where I should try ? Was thinking a recore ? Haven't tried Mr GM but I suspect that it is an obsolete part.