Through an unfortunate series of events, I ended up with a bent fan blade that sawed a hole in the radiator in my MG last night(first time in nearly 4 years I've had it towed home).
I priced out a new "Made in England" original-type construction radiator for $190, which I thought sounded reasonable.
With that said, I've heard that the originals are often worth salvaging vs. new production, so decided to call around and see about having my old one recored. Holy cow is all I can say-the low price was just short of $400, and the high price was $600. Looking around a bit, it seems as though regulations on shops doing this type of work have really driven up the price.
Even though it's going to take probably ~3 weeks to get here all said and done, I'm going with the new one, especially since it's always possible that even after opening it up, they'll find damage(or possible imminent failure) on the tank. It's a shame, as I would LIKE to go the route of having the old one repaired-I just cant financially justify it.
The good news is that the replacement fan available is nylon, so hopefully this won't happen again(and it's also supposed to move air more efficiently than my old 6 blade metal one).
I priced out a new "Made in England" original-type construction radiator for $190, which I thought sounded reasonable.
With that said, I've heard that the originals are often worth salvaging vs. new production, so decided to call around and see about having my old one recored. Holy cow is all I can say-the low price was just short of $400, and the high price was $600. Looking around a bit, it seems as though regulations on shops doing this type of work have really driven up the price.
Even though it's going to take probably ~3 weeks to get here all said and done, I'm going with the new one, especially since it's always possible that even after opening it up, they'll find damage(or possible imminent failure) on the tank. It's a shame, as I would LIKE to go the route of having the old one repaired-I just cant financially justify it.
The good news is that the replacement fan available is nylon, so hopefully this won't happen again(and it's also supposed to move air more efficiently than my old 6 blade metal one).