500.00 For a Radiator?

[derik martin]

Thanks for the opitions, the truck is a 1000.00 dollar farm truck that might get driven about 500-1,000 miles a year. I'll check with the local shop and then NekBinders I'll probably be getting a hold of you.


Thanks

Derik

[jeff campbell]

if thats all your gonna drive it then ,put 2-3 tubes of silver solder in it at the parts store.jeff

[Robert Bishop]

Somebody on the BB taught me years ago how to make your own radiator repairs with the help of an old bicycle tube. Just cut the tube in half and clamp the two ends on the radiator inlet and outlet while installing the radiator cap. Put about 7psi of air into the schrader valve and with a little soapy water, you can see exactly where it leaks. Clean up the area real well and solder with a small propane torch. It usually takes several times to get it sealed. You just want to use barely enough heat to melt the solder or you will burn a hole. I like to use this method because I am cheap!

[Robert Bishop]

Oops, said to use a bicycle tube but it would probably work better with an old motorcycle tube. The tube should be big enough in diameter to snugly fit around the radiator inlet and outlet openings. The rubber tube will stretch quite a bit to fit. I used a 20" x 2.125" sized tube to help repair my radiator and it barely fit around the inlet and outlet openings.

Robert

[R290]

Epoxy that dries under water Simple and fast. If you go with a Summit radiator you will have a bit of work to get it mounted. You can get an exhaust shop to make some adapters and then use a couple different hose sizes. You will need to abtake a sharpie and write all this down under the hood so you can remember what the hell you did, so when parts are needed you can get the right ones.

Don't use the tubes of radiator stop leak, it will just settle in the bottom of the block. Another trick is to just lift the lever on the cap so the system does not build pressure. Not a fix, just a way to get home.

[R290]

Here a cut and paste on my rock crawler radiator install. I went the summit route, but it was a lot of work. Jeff at IH Only sells a nice aluminum rad that would work without all the cut and paste I did. But I wanted the widest rad they sold in there



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