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Old 01-24-2011, 05:56 PM
Ron Johnstone Ron Johnstone is offline
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Originally Posted by tyl604 View Post
I posted this on the Land Rover forum because the dang radiators are bad for getting broken nipples. So far no has admitted to using one but I am keeping my eyes open. I carelessly broke mine a month or so ago, forgetting that it was connected to a rubber hose; fortunately there was enough nipple left to secure to the hose again. Next time I may not be as lucky.

I think the potential problem is that the Land Rover radiator is plastic instead of metal where the nipple is located. So this thing may not work.
The Mercedes and the BMW radiator (perhaps the Land Rover too) are apparently of the same "design" and manufactured by BEHR - (not necessarily the same size) and most everything, including this repair part, is plastic. For a couple of bucks, give it a try as it is a really elegant way to simply fix a simple problem.
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