Throwing it out might not be so bad. I've tried several shops around Dayton
Ohio and none of them have been able to successfully recore my radiator.
Each time there are seams that leaked and brackets that have come
unsoldered.
The skill level of these repair facilities has dropped dramatically.
I've even found coolant passages filled with paint and tar because they
weren't properly integrated.
Recently I bought a new radiator. If it leaks I'll fix it my self. I can
solder and am much more concerned with the finished product. It's not all
that difficult if you are patient.
If anybody knows about repairing radiators, perhaps they could put together
a faq and post it on the web site so we could have the info when we need to
do it ourselves.
-=-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Kenyon" <Da-Kenyons@webtv.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: [MV] Say "Goodbye" to Radiator Shops
> Listers, as a automotive techncian I am witness
> to a few things...
> Most if not all new radiators are composite
> aluminum and plastic. VERY efficient. However, your local poor-old
> lead-in-his-veins
> radiator man is on his way out. Don't take his
> presence for granted. You don't repair this new
> stuff, you throw it out!
> I am sure that in the bigger metro areas that
> there will always be someone, but in lttle towns
> like mine they are very slow. It's so cheap to
> buy a Taiwan replacement radiator, why fix it?
> As far as gas tanks go, our remainng guys don't do them.
> Perhaps big trucks are a different story, I don't
> know.
> Sorry about the pessimism.
> Don Kenyon in Central California
>
>
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