The top radiator hose connector has cracked clean off and left the top hose dangling! and throwing up all its coolant!! Left me stranded too! Turned it off before it got too hot and did any damage to the engine it seems...

I gotta say, the Behr radiator in these cars made of plastic seem like a cheap cop-out for MB!!!

So this is how I fixed it and it has held for about 30 miles so far.

I used Devron Plastic Welder available in hardware stores, next to their regular Epoxy glues. It is an epoxy as well as you must push it out the double tube and stir it. What surprised me was its smell-smelled exactly like what the dentist uses when he puts in a porcelin filling!! (note teeth ) I roughed up the two broken surfaces after degreasing them with brake cleaner, applied the epoxy quickly after stirring, and used a handy dandy Stanley woodworking clamp (brilliant tool) to keep the pressure on for at least 24 hours.

Still, I saw a metal radiator at the PNP (Pick N Pull) off a '77 which I might just scarf for cheap-test it out and keep in my trunk!

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Ed
1981 300CD (Benzina)
1968 250 S (Gina) 266,000 miles!
1983 Alfa Romeo GTV6 (Guido)
1976 Jaguar XJS-saved a V-12 from the chevy curse, what a great engine!
1988 Cadillac Eldorado (better car than you might think!)
1988 Yamaha Venture (better than a Wing!)
1977 Suzuki GS750B
1976 Yamaha XS 650 (sold)
1991 Suzuki GSX1100G (Shafty Gixser)
1981 Yamaha VX920RH (Euro "Virago")
Solex Moped
1975 Dodge P/U camper


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