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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 100 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 100 | In side my Harrison radiator there is a baffle that is sliding back and fort in the top part of radiator. This is moving very freely so is this made to do this or is it to be fixed to one place? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | I don't think the baffle plate is meant to move,sounds like a couple of spot welds have come adrift. The plate in mine seems fixed in place. Maybe someone else will chime in and confirm this?
It might be worthwhile contacting a local radiator repair shop to get their opinion too.
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 100 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 100 | Can you tell the location where yours may be fixed? I’m thinking either in the center of the fill hole or may be in the center of the top hose opening. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 120 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 120 | I just had my radiator repaired at a local shop. My guy said Harrison is the brand name of the tank on top of the radiator(not the radiator as a whole). I'm not sure if this is true or not but he did say there should not be any baffles moving inside. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | Tango - yer rad guy must be pretty young, Harrison Radiator was a division of GM until not long ago, and made all the GM rads from the teens on .... but he's right that there's no moving parts in a radiator  Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | If an original Harrison radiator has been recored with a non Harrison core then the "young" radiator guy would be right, only the tanks on that radiator would be Harrison. Perhaps that's what he was getting at?
Otherwise I too thought Harrison made the whole thing.
Grigg | | | | | Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 502 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 502 | My radiators are harrisons' and they both have a baffle just to the bottom of where the top radiator hose comes into the radiator- they are fixed into position and Can't tell you exactly what they are for except to help direct flow- They are brass plates brazed in place. | | |
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