[W126 Coupe] thanks to all

[Shayegan, Richard]

Behr is the company that makes the radiators with a reinforced neck and
Nissan is the company that makes the radiator without a reinforced neck.
The plugs to use are Bosch W9DC
Richard

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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Gary
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:30 PM
To: Jonathan Hodgman; Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] thanks to all


is behr a type of spark plug.   

Jonathan Hodgman <jhodgman at gmail.com> wrote: 

	Gary,
	Just an FYi, Behr has the re-enforced neck, Nissans does not.
	
	Jonathan
	
	On Apr 4, 2005 1:47 PM, Chiappinelli, Joseph
	wrote:
	> 
	> As long as you're draining the coolant, you might want to
inspect the
	> coolant inlet neck on the radiator. Pop the top hose off and
see if the neck
	> has a metal reinforcement sleeve in it. Most late model or
replacement
	> radiator upgrades will have this. If not, you might want to
consider
	> reinforcing the neck as this is a notorious weak link on these
cars. There
	> are many ways to do this short of replacing the radiator. I
used a
	> male-to-male metal pipe nipple which had just enough bite to
thread into the
	> soft plastic of the neck. I put over 100,000 miles on the car
with it before
	> I sold it without a problem. Of course if yo ur radiator is
very old and had
	> questionable care as far as coolant is concerned, it may be
worth it to
	> replace it with an new one with the reinforced neck. Either
way, its cheap
	> insurance against failure that could cook your engine if you
don't catch it
	> quickly when it fails. And it will fail. 
	> 
	> J.Chip
	> 
	> 
	> -----Original Message-----
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	> Behalf Of Gary
	> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:06 PM
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	> Subject: [W126 Coupe] thanks to all 
	> 
	> 
	> thanks to all that responed on my ?s about spark plugs and
anti freeze. i
	> had just bought some bosch platinum 2 plugs...i won't be using
those thanks
	> to you guys and i will take the advice on the anti freeze. 
	> 
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