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JCWhitney.....about ?? $80 or so....just be warned, I had to get a non-standard cap...the one for my year was TOO small and i took the radiator to the store to get one that fit. no big deal if you don't mind driving around carrying your radiator to the store. The radiator sits up slightly higher than before so the cap hits the framing inside the front of the hood, no big deal I just took some tin snips and put 2 relief cuts in the support so as to not dent the hood. sounds like a PIA but it really isn't.
It's a SPECTRA radiator, IAMSUPERBLEEDER has the same one too.
When you do a compression check, your looking for a cylendar(s) with low compression. For example, if cylandars 1,3,and 4 are showing 140psi and cylandar 2 is showing 70psi...you know your head gasket is leaking and is not allowing the pressure in the cylandar to build. This is a sure sign of a blown head gasket. Your readings will vary, but they should all be within 10% of each other. Dependig on how many miles are on your motor, a good reading should be around 130-150 psi.
Yea, if you have been driving with a blown head gasket for a while and you have a cream color oil, your going to need to do a full rebuild.
you will have to install the crank pulley and the timing marks (its a peice that you put onto the crank). Then you will be able to rotate the motor till its at TDC.