Re: Rad repair

[george smith <bt6t4@xxxxxxxxx>]

Knock on wood.Just don't pull it out next time...
--- Schuyler  Wrobel <sky62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Don that's great you were able to fix it yourself. I
> guess I've been  
> lucky, after reading all these posts on radiators.
> there's a couple  
> of shops I have used here in Pasadena, one is Crown
> radiator, they  
> solder on a tag when they fix a rad. and if it ever
> leaks, you bring  
> it back and they fix it for free. sometimes they
> charge a little,  
> depending on the abuse, but never another $100.00. 
> this other shop I  
> found after scoring the radiator of my dreams, out
> of a 65-66  
> plymouth 383 car with AC, at Pick-a-part $25.00. I
> also found the  
> shroud for it cast aside in the dirt $10.00. anyway
> it was late in  
> the day and Crown was closed and I wanted to get it
> pressure checked  
> so I went to this other shop. their was this elder
> guy there, gettin'  
> ready to close, but he went ahead and checked it for
> me, for free!  
> and cleaned it all up too. so I install the rad
> after I painted it  
> etc..., works great car runs cooler then ever. so I
> decide to get a  
> nice chrome cap for it. that was a mistake, cuz it
> was a 16lb. cap.  
> and sure enough, a small leak started to develop at
> the seam in the  
> front, just like yours, Don. I decided to take it
> back to this guy,  
> he seemed to know alot about rads, and told me
> 13lbs. cap tops, for  
> this type of rad. he charged me about 70.00 to fix
> it, and he painted  
> it too. cool!
> shortly there after, I was at a car show and someone
> points out a 3"  
> long splinter of wood, shaped like a dart, stuck
> right in the center  
> of my rad. WTF??
> I figure, no big deal, just stuck in the cooling
> fins, right. so I  
> pluck it out. and no such luck, it starts to pee a
> perfect stream of  
> coolant. soo, I take it back to the ol' guy figuring
> I'm gunna' loose  
> that rod and a little cooling capacity... but,
> although it's not as  
> pretty, the guy was able to save it! and only
> charged me $40.00.
> anyway, that's my rad story. hope I didn't bore you
> all to much, I  
> just can't believe these outrageous prices for
> radiators, either. I'm  
> still under $200.00 after my screw ups. and the
> radiator been workin'  
> great for over a year since the last incident.
> ...knock on wood and  
> count my blessings.
> 
> 
> Schuyler
>   62 Dodge Dart 440 wagon w/ Poly 318
>  
>
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> 
> 
> On May 15, 2008, at 1:40 PM, Don Dulmage wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Just completed a rad repair on my 63. Every year
> the top tank would  
> > develop a crank at the seam on the front side. I
> take it to the rad  
> > shop who made it for me and they hit me $100 every
> year to repair.  
> > I only ran a 13 lb cap and last year a 7 lb  so it
> didnt male  
> > sense.  I went to my old employer (1970) in the
> machine shop  
> > business as we also had a rad shop back then. I
> asked hom what he  
> > knew and he said remove the top tank cmpletely ,
> clean and tin  
> > everything then reinstall and solder.
> > Sounded scary but I did it. found paint on the lip
> of the core  
> > where it kept splitting. Looks like it was never
> cleaned and tinned  
> > in the first place so only a bit was holding. I
> did my best but i  
> > am no rad man however  just reinstalled it and so
> far so good. Time  
> > will tell. I am not going to get too cocky yet but
> I hope I have  
> > it . Ticked me off to find a whole 3 to 4 inches
> painted and  
> > untinned. I hope this fixes it. Anyway am always
> interested in new  
> > experiences. Never had a rad apart myself before.
> (And Hope I never  
> > do again) but it was still interesting.
> > Don
> > Author of
> > Return to Deutschland (True Adventure)
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George



      


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