From: Bobby Joe Pendleton (bjpendleton@charter.net)
Date: Fri Apr 09 2004 - 02:37:02 PDT
I folded some of the fins over on a radiator with a pressure washer. It took
me two hours to comb them out again. You need to make sure you keep the
water spray hitting the fins straight on ANY angle and they are folded. It
does a great job getting the bugs and dirt out.
Bobby Pendleton
----- Original Message -----
From: "everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] cleaning and painting a radiator
> my .02 concerning something I know about --- be very careful using
pressure
> washer on radiator, it is possible to bend fins and flues, anyone who
doubts
> this is welcome to look at my M37 radiator that has a Zorro style mark
> across it where I got too close. Keep nozzle well back from radiator and
it
> works excellent. If you use detergent rinse extra for detergent is
> corrosive to brass in radiators.
>
> Everette
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buzz" <buzz@softcom.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] cleaning and painting a radiator
>
>
>
> I used a high pressure washer then high temp flat black.
> Buzz
>
>
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 21:27:26 -0400, you wrote:
> >I had my radiator for my M37 pressure checked and everything is ok. Now I
> >want to paint it. any suggestions on cleaning up the old paint and what
> type
> >radiator paint to use?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Rick
> >
>
>
>
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