Well, I guess the firetruck isn't going to make the Macungie trip this year. I was really looking forward to that trip, too. And making the trip to Baltimore for the BMI show probably isn't a great idea, either.
Removing the radiator is easier said than done. It has a cutout in it for the pump -- the shaft mounts to the harmonic balancer, runs through the radiator and to the pump.
The leak is right on the top where there's a fitting for a line to run to the pump. I had removed the line and put a plug in the fitting. But doing all that must have loosened the solder around the fitting. I can probably drive the whole thing to a decent radiator shop and they could most likely fix it right on the truck. That will get me to Macungie, at least. After that, I can do the hot tank thing.
Thanks for the advice. Its one of those things where what I want to hear and what I need to hear aren't the same thing.
John
