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Best radiator caps outside NOS?

Started by Cadillac Jack 82, March 22, 2024, 12:24:31 AM

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Cadillac Jack 82


Okay so I found out the crap cap on my 64 is leaking/spraying.  I can easily get a new one from Napa but they're crap.  Who makes the best repro cap for a 64 and while I'm at it for a 59?  Something thats not a cheap immatation?
Tim

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1937 LaSalle Coupe
1940 Chevy Coupe
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1954 Buick 48D
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1962 VW Bug
1962 Dodge 880
1964 Cadillac SDV
1966 Mercury Montclair
1967 Buick Wildcat
1968 Chevy Chevelle SS
1968 Plymouth Barracuda
1977 Lincoln MKV

TJ Hopland

I haven't yet had issues with Stant brand who has been around forever.   I think they were and still are the most common OE maker.  I would think they make the Napa ones too but maybe not. 
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Jay Friedman

Quote from: TJ Hopland on March 22, 2024, 02:48:03 AMI haven't yet had issues with Stant brand who has been around forever.   I think they were and still are the most common OE maker.  I would think they make the Napa ones too but maybe not. 

I agree.  I have a Stant cap on my '49 that works perfectly; that is, stays on tightly, keeps pressure and temp gauge stays at correct temperature.  If the car is in a judged show, I have an AC cap that looks good but doesn't work that I install temporarily.
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Poncholover

You might find that an old-stock aftermarket cap is higher quality that many made today?
Could be cheaper on that E site than GM. Great to have a spare too.
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Lexi

Have been quite satisfied with what I obtained from Fusick Automotive Products Inc. Clay/Lexi

Cadillac Jack 82

So today I had her out and she kept between the first mark and middle.  It was 82 degrees and dry.  Nothing concerning but my old 55 would keep at the first mark with the AC compressor on at 107.  Maybe I'm being too OCD?
Tim

CLC Member #30850

1948 Buick Roadmaster 76S Sedanette
1959 Cadillac CDV
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado

Past Cars

1937 LaSalle Coupe
1940 Chevy Coupe
1941 Ford 11Y
1954 Buick 48D
1955 Cadillac CDV
1955 Packard Super Panama
1957 Cadillac Series 62
1962 VW Bug
1962 Dodge 880
1964 Cadillac SDV
1966 Mercury Montclair
1967 Buick Wildcat
1968 Chevy Chevelle SS
1968 Plymouth Barracuda
1977 Lincoln MKV

Lexi

The last cap I purchased from Fusick must have been about 3 - 5 years ago and it was fine when I parked my car last fall. Hopefully their manufacturing quality remains the same. Although the cap was not cheap, I would purchase this product from them again. Clay/Lexi