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ronn · 12-13-2016, 08:07 AM

this was a more in need fix than cheap. I had my radiator fall back into my fan on my 78 chevy truck. the mount had come loose. I was speeding up on the high way and heard tink tink at about 75 slowed a bit it stopped. so curiosity made me speed up and tink tink whoosh cloud of coolant. pull over on the high way in northern iowa at 7pm on a sunday. thinking thinking thinking. I get out the needle nose pliers. And grabbed the torn end of the leaking rad tube turned it over crimped did that ten times on both sides of the ten or so opened tubes. got to the next rest stop and filled my big cooler with water and filled the radiator. In the next 100 miles to minneapolis I only lost 1/2 a gallon.

Likewise have had a brake line blow on my truck. pulled out the vise grips, crimped and rolled and back on my way home!

12-13-2016, 08:07 AM	#33
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,789	Re: Cheap fixes, ETC this was a more in need fix than cheap. I had my radiator fall back into my fan on my 78 chevy truck. the mount had come loose. I was speeding up on the high way and heard tink tink at about 75 slowed a bit it stopped. so curiosity made me speed up and tink tink whoosh cloud of coolant. pull over on the high way in northern iowa at 7pm on a sunday. thinking thinking thinking. I get out the needle nose pliers. And grabbed the torn end of the leaking rad tube turned it over crimped did that ten times on both sides of the ten or so opened tubes. got to the next rest stop and filled my big cooler with water and filled the radiator. In the next 100 miles to minneapolis I only lost 1/2 a gallon. Likewise have had a brake line blow on my truck. pulled out the vise grips, crimped and rolled and back on my way home!