If corrosion's the problem, get a new one. If you have a puncture or a crack use "Nocorode" paste flux and 50/50 or there abouts. Clean is the key to a good job.
If corrosion's the problem, get a new one. If you have a puncture or a crack use "Nocorode" paste flux and 50/50 or there abouts. Clean is the key to a good job.
I soldered the radiator for an old Dodge and it held for the 5 years that I kept the vehicle. It had a couple of broken tubes in the radiator, so I peeled them out of the tanks on the top and bottom, then scrubbed the tank surfaces bright and shiny with sandpaper and a small wire brush. I fluxed it with some ancient paste flux and soldered a brass patch over the empty holes in the two tanks. I think I used my O/A rig with a 00 or a 000 tip to get a small flame with enough heat to do it quickly. Quick is important so that you don't unsolder adjacent tubes. It's been 30 years since I did it, but I remember it went pretty well.
Good Luck, Bob
Tell me what you know.
Steve
Hard solder - aka - silver solder. It is the only way. Braze.
Martin
Mart> Tell me what you know.
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"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote: Hard solder - aka - silver solder. It is the only way. Braze. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You usually know things that I don't know, so please tell me. How are you going to silver solder a radiator that is assembled with soft solder?
Ive had good luck using the small wire brush that comes with the Dremel tools, for cleaning up the area around a leak in a radiator prior to soldering up the hole.
Gunner
I've had good luck slapping on epoxy, hasn't leaked in years. Lost a couple of tubes on my tractor but it still cools the engine ;)
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Surely you jest !
unless you need a large roll, get a radiator shop to sell you a few yards of solder and bring a bottle for a pint of organic flux. I prefer 70/30, but many types are available. The Eutectic (longer heat range between liquid and re-solidified ) solder used for rads is much better than the crap for plumbing sold at your local hardware store.
No.
Eutectic melts at one temperature (361); below that it is solid, above fully liquid. Other ratios have a "pasty" stage in between that and the temperature at which they are fully liquid.
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No, No, that's belief, knowledge is totally something else. :)
cheers T.Alan
You don't drop the whole radiator into a tank!
It is a spot treatment. Where the hole is.
This was taught to me by a Master Mechanic who had NASCAR grade background.
Consider what happened to me :
Driving my Blazer down the highway at 65 MPH, the front engine block section of the water jacket blew out. It was a massive gas cloud covering up the front of the truck. It was lucky I was able to move to the right by 5 lanes.
If you blow your radiator at high speed - you will loose the engine block like I did. wanna try - going to go for it or wait ? Not me.
Martin
Mart> "Martin H. Eastburn" wrote: Hard solder - aka - silver solder. It is the
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Nope - not at all. Why do you think I would ?
Soft solder dissolves and melts. Hard solder doesn't.
You can likely be able to use the phosphor bronze for air conditioning tubing as well.
Mart>
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You have no way to know what's going on in my mind. Please don't bother to try.
Now that's a statement of fact! cheers T.Alan
That's ok. No one cares, till you go postal.
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