Topic: 1972 Expansion Tank
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72 350 with auto trans and A/C doesnt have one. Mine has the larger radiator to compensate for this. Confused me at first, but mine was an un-molested original when I got it from Cousin who owened it since 74.
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Thanks guys. I guess I won't worry about it. I don't see anywhere it would have been mounted, so I have to assume it never had one.
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I am sure you did not have one. All Air conditioned cars had brass radiators, and therefore no expansion tank. All aluminum radiator cars had aluminum tanks.
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It's confusing to start with, which set-up had what set-up...add to that the fact that a PO may have added the recovery tank, or replaced the radiator and removed the tank....Yeeeeesh. It's enough to drive a person nutz....and it would be a short drive for me anyway...
There is/was a directive regarding what engine/trans/radiator/option cars got the tank or not...it just don't make a lot of sense...
There is/was a directive regarding what engine/trans/radiator/option cars got the tank or not...it just don't make a lot of sense...
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Alum. radiator with x-pansion tank. No filler on rad. Only used with manual trans. as there is no cooler in rad.
Copper & brass rad. No X-pansion tank. Filler on rad. Trans. cooler in outlet tank. HOWEVER, my 71 Small block, Man. has C&B rad with no trans. cooler, no x-pansion tank. I see no ryme or reason to what rad went with what model.
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