Re: 1950 chev pick-up

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Posted by Bob on June 08, 2007 at 06:19:34 from (69.178.229.154):

In Reply to: 1950 chev pick-up posted by cookieman on June 08, 2007 at 04:43:46:

My 1953 GMC medium-duty truck is set up like that.

The can thing is an early attempt at a pressurized system.

It uses a solid radiator cap, with the guts of the "can thing" acting like a more modern pressure cap.

The PETCOCK MAY be a "filling gauge", as in "open the petcock, and add coolant 'til it begins to drip out the petcock, OR maybe to relieve system pressure before opening the cap.

I have NO idea how many years they did that, before switching to a "modern style" pressure radiator cap.

The one on that GMC is the only one I have ever seen, personally. We used to have some Chevys from that same era that were NOT set up like that.

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