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    radiator repair?????????

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    Post by Admin Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:37 pm

    has anyone here tackled repairing a radiator????
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    Post by Admin Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:41 am

    my main question is braze or solder?????
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    Post by spartman Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:14 pm

    From what I understand the old brass tanks were soldered on.

    I tried to fix one once and all I did was make a big ole mess.

    The newer shit has plastic tanks on em, so I dont know about them things
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    Post by Admin Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:56 pm

    i have a crack where the neck comes out of the brass tank---gonna try solder first----dang rads have gone sky high--208 plus the ride-- new 3 row brass & copper from performance radiator

    we have 1 rad shop here--they know they got ya--all the shops just buy new ones
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    Post by spartman Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:16 pm

    OUCH!!!!

    You might be able to use brass up there. I think thats what the factory used.

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