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Radiator repair - bluebird3208 - 08-29-2006 06:55 -I had the same problem and I suggest you do the following. First make sure that you dont have diesel exhaust bleeding back into the radiator through a bad head gasket. You can get a leak tester at napa to check for exhaust gas in the radiator water. I say this because I kept having problems with the radiator craking at the neck and came to find out that the bad head gasket was allowing the radiator to get overpressured. I know the cap relaeases at 7 psi, but it was not meant to deal with constant over pressure. On a better note if everthing is ok I would suggest pulling the radiator laying it on its back and cutting a small piece of thin sheet metal to fit below the filler neck and soldering it in place. I suggest this becasue the area below the neck is a wide solder joint creating a weak spot that I had to have soldered 3 times. Good luck Jim 82 FCRB Yorba Linda, CA -- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Gardner Yeaw wrote: > > Tom, > I am not sure what 'low temp' solder is. Is that a softer silver solder? > > Gardner > 78FC33 > > -----Original Message----- > From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Tom Warner > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:44 PM > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Radiator repair > > All radiator shops use a acid flux and low temp solder to make > repairs on radiators. Its not necessary to repair them with brass etc > since it gets the metal hotter and can work harden it. > > tom warner > 1985 PT 40 > > At 12:22 PM 8/28/2006, you wrote: > >It depends entirely on what the materials used in the filler neck > >are... if brass or copper alloy, brazing with a similar alloy might > >be a better choice. > > > >Pete Masterson > > aeonix1@... > >'95 Bluebird Wanderlodge WBDA 4203 > >El Sobrante, CA > > > > > > > > > >On Aug 27, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Gardner Yeaw wrote: > > > > > I discovered a small crack in my radiator where the filler neck > > > attaches to the radiator. I am thinking that I can clean this area > > > well and use silver solder to seal it up. Has anyone tried this remedy > > > and can you enlighten me as to yout methods and results? > > > > > > Gardner > > > 78FC33 > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > |