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Re: Radiator...
« Reply #15 on: 22 September 2006, 22:35:18 »
Is there any truth that Free Range are better at sealing than their caged counterparts?
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« Reply #16 on: 23 September 2006, 00:33:46 »
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Is there any truth that Free Range are better at sealing than their caged counterparts?

Yes there is, but unfortunately the once-common practice of stuffing live chickens down the radiator is no longer legal.
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« Reply #17 on: 23 September 2006, 00:37:43 »
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Is there any truth that Free Range are better at sealing than their caged counterparts?

Yes there is, but unfortunately the once-common practice of stuffing live chickens down the radiator is no longer legal.
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« Reply #18 on: 23 September 2006, 07:57:02 »
completely pointless thread this - full of bad yokes  ;)
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Re: Radiator...
« Reply #19 on: 23 September 2006, 10:12:23 »
I take it a lot of people use the egg trick, that would eggsplain the funny smell that I used to  blame on the catalitic converter  ;D  I'll be chicken if this fix works so that the myth can be laid to rest  ;D ;D

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« Reply #20 on: 23 September 2006, 13:09:39 »
I see Mr McB is staying silent on this one. Is it his trade secret... I wonder?  ;D
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Re: Radiator...
« Reply #21 on: 23 September 2006, 13:16:04 »
Anyone any idea what the powdered stuff the AA guys dump in the coolant tank to seal things up?
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Re: Radiator...
« Reply #22 on: 23 September 2006, 15:19:26 »
i have a rad you can have very cheap.

pm me for info! :)
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« Reply #23 on: 23 September 2006, 15:32:42 »
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Anyone any idea what the powdered stuff the AA guys dump in the coolant tank to seal things up?

Powdered egg, of course!
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« Reply #24 on: 23 September 2006, 23:26:51 »
I have not read all this thread as I am too dosed up with medicine tonight, but I have got a perfect v6 manual radiator available. PM me if interested.
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« Reply #25 on: 24 September 2006, 09:18:17 »
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I see Mr McB is staying silent on this one. Is it his trade secret... I wonder?  ;D
RMcB, aka The Chicken, is shocked to here is unhatched relatives are treated in this way....  ;D
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« Reply #26 on: 24 September 2006, 10:29:25 »
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I see Mr McB is staying silent on this one. Is it his trade secret... I wonder?  ;D
RMcB, aka The Chicken, is shocked to here is unhatched relatives are treated in this way....  ;D

Yes but their death has not been in vain, for it is a noble cause, blocking ones leaky rad, they died so that we can go on....


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« Reply #27 on: 24 September 2006, 10:45:46 »
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I see Mr McB is staying silent on this one. Is it his trade secret... I wonder?  ;D
RMcB, aka The Chicken, is shocked to here is unhatched relatives are treated in this way....  ;D


That's the clincher. PMSL ;D ;D
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