RE: Heater Core - Update

From: Rick Barnes (barnesrv@comcast.net)
Date: Wed Mar 30 2005 - 15:11:19 EST


Two dissimilar metals react against each other, (typically at the weld
points), and break down...thus a leaky core. Hence the invention of plastic
radiators and heater cores.

Rascal metalhead

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Josh Battles
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:19 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Heater Core - Update

Well, thos morning I brought my dak into the dealer that replaced the
heater core last march to see if they'd replace it again for me and give
me a break since I'm only out of the 12mo warranty by 2 weeks. Well,
the break they were going to give me was 10% off of the parts. OMG YAY,
$5 off of a $50 part, STOP THE PRESSES!!! I was unimpressed and they
decided to drop the price from $780 to $600 for the job in hopes of
winning me over. I told them that I wasn't about to pay that much for
something that they should have been able to help me out a little more
on and said that for $500 total I'd have done it. They told me that
they couldn't do that so I had them bypass the heater core alltogether.
  The writer told me "but you won't have any heat!" So, now I'm driving
around with no heat, but it's not really that big of a deal, it's going
to be 70 degrees here for the next week or so.

I called up my friend Matt (he's got his own shop) and he said he'd help
me do the job for $100 and a case of beer. He asked me if I'd ever
heard of electrolysis, and I know what that is but what I don't
understand is how it could occur on a heater core. Can anyone explain
this to me?

-- 
- Josh
Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
Above Statement Not True    ^^^^^
www.omg-stfu.com



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