Quote Originally Posted by HiboyGal
Oh yeah? where? I'll ask my radiator expert today. I have been driving Hiboy around for 2 weeks with the cap half way off (no pressure, but it gets messy, even with the overflow, fluid seems to find it's way into my engine compartment and made a big mess all over my valve covers, carbs, etc....

The problem in my case is a dominoe effect. My wiring is funky (my next big investment in march will be to redo the entire thing, it's already scheduled and mapped out). Once in a while I blow my radiator fan fuse. If I do't catch it fast enough the temps go up to 195 and then the radiator goes FEEEEESH (hole) and then back to square one (tear down car, take radiator out, take to shop etc etc )... Once wiring is redone, fan shoudl work always and problem should be gone or at least less probable. Reinforcing the weak area of radiator may do the rest.

if I really keep having thsi problem even after I do both THEN I will consider a newer radiator but this owul dnot be my favorite way to go, since I am heading towards "rat rod" more than anything at this point. besides, I have a personal emotional attachment to my old radiator - It's seen a lot (depression, war world II, swing, the 60's, the 70's, madonna, the new milleneum and NOW it is even putting up with ME ) So it deserve to be given a chance to LIVE on... And see 2010??
I got a 4# cap from the local auto parts store, they also sell a preassureless, but these are ugly, octagonal, and have a red and white " DO NOT OPEN HOT " label. BUT, I think a '32 would originally have a preassureless cap SO, you could get a new '32 lookalike cap, from a place like Macs auto parts. but if they do not, www.chevsofthe40s.com, sells new reproduction '37-'52 chevy ( will fit your radiator ) 4 PSI and preassureless rad caps, for about $10