Core Size Automatic Transmission Cooler : Without Transmission Cooler Engine Oil Cooler : Without Engine Oil Cooler. It's really easy to just keep the expansion tank half-full and enjoy all the benefits it was designed to provide. Classic Industries offers a wide selection of Cooling System Products for your 1963 Ford Thunderbird. Radiator, 3.0L/3.9L/4.0L Engines, Aluminum Core, Plastic Tank. This is bad for your cooling system and since coolant is both expensive and toxic, it is bad for your wallet and bad for the environment. But too much fluid in the tank means that when the coolant expands in your hot radiator and enters the tank through the pressure relief tube that instead of being captured in the empty upper half of the expansion tank and eventually sucked back into the radiator it ends up spurting out of the top of the tank and out onto the pavement again. These brand new 3-row radiators feature all brass construction. Too little fluid in the tank and your radiator coolant level won't get replenished properly. These brand new 3-row radiators feature all brass construction. The expansion tank solved both problems, but it can only do the job if it is kept about half-full.
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until the radiator got dangerously low on coolant and your car had a serious over-heating problem or breakdown. SKU: A8080D Category: Cooling System and Grill Tags: 1958 Ford Thunderbird, 1959 Ford Thunderbird, 1960 Ford Thunderbird. In the long ago cars did not have expansion tanks and two things happened:ġ) When the radiator got a little hot, coolant expanded to the point where it spurted out onto the pavement from the pressue relief tube located just below the radiator cap.Ģ) Because radiator coolant was spurting out from time to time, the level in the radiator would get lower, causing the radiator to get even hotter, causing more fluid to be spurted out, etc. BigClay said: You can delete if you want to, but you will need to buy some parts: Thermostat housing and upper hose from a Mustang, an In-line Radiator Cap housing (Summit/Jegs), and two more hose clamps.