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05-12-2015, 06:03 PM | #21 | |
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Re: Poor Radiator floor- Help
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05-12-2015, 06:05 PM | #22 |
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05-12-2015, 07:29 PM | #23 |
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Re: Poor Radiator floor- Help
Randy, I don't know if this will help or not. I recently had the radiator on my 29 A rod redone by Marietta Radiator in Marietta, Ga. Phone 770-428-7120. I don't know just what they did to it. It looks good and works great. I know they are about 250 miles from you that may be a problem. Good luck with what ever you decide to do.
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05-12-2015, 07:37 PM | #24 |
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Re: Poor Radiator floor- Help
I also tried the nail trick before I installed the stat and extended the overflow. I still had an overflow issue. Hopefully it won't overflow anymore.
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05-12-2015, 08:53 PM | #25 |
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Re: Poor Radiator floor- Help
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I will call Marietta Radiator and see what they can do. I do not mind the drive if I can save the radiator. Thanks Randy |
05-12-2015, 09:56 PM | #26 |
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05-13-2015, 07:23 AM | #27 |
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Re: Poor Radiator floor- Help
Radiator shops are going the way of the Dodo Bird. So far they're as old and rare as disco (!) but still around. Most cars today are aluminum and plastic, most techs are parts changers. So now what do us brass rad users have for good ol radiator service? BIG TRUCKS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT RADIATOR REPAIR. They still do brass raditors, most have now switched to the ultrasonic cleaning method which vibrates the tubes clean. Non-invasive, super effective, hasn't let me down for over 20 years. Search your area for tractor and truck specific radiator service. While not the holy grail you'll think it is. Good luck...
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05-13-2015, 11:20 AM | #28 |
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Re: Poor Radiator floor- Help
Highlander, now that seems like a good solution for many here. When I think I,m having trouble with overheating I will search out the truck repair people who use ultrasonic cleaning in 'my neck of the woods'.
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05-13-2015, 01:58 PM | #29 |
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Re: Poor Radiator floor- Help
They only Ultrasound the headers of the radiator. The "header" are at the top and bottom where your tanks are solder to. Radiators will plug up usually in the tubes, so utltrasound will not really do any good. Also when you ultrasound the headers you will probably cause leaks where the tubes go into the headers. (just my two cents). EPA outlawed us from using caustic soda in our boil out tanks................ Another craft is vanishing.
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05-17-2015, 06:00 PM | #30 |
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Since the late 80s/early 90s all the old shops were doing the vibration cleaning. I had a 35 Packard Super 8 that had the dreaded waxy build up in the tubes. They have to flow somewhere around 30 gallons per minute (gravity flow test) and mine would flow maybe 10. I took it to an old school shop back then and he had the vibra-sonic set up. I picked it up the next day and it flowed like gang busters. No, the radiator was not disassembled. I went to a local Detroit Area shop, Kool Radiator in Southgate, MI whose specialty is indeed big truck/equipment radiator service (good ol brass). He sonic cleaned another Packard for me back in January of this year (there's a Packard theme here, no?) and it was not disassembled and rodded out. It too flows like gang busters now and I'm ultra confident in it's cooling ability. For those of you within a reasonable distance that's:
http://kool-radiator.com/ Ask for Shane, tell em Jocko sent ya... |
05-18-2015, 12:31 AM | #31 |
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I've been studying up on radiator issues and found the 1930 service bulletin on radiator baffles posted in another topic here. Others may find this useful. It is about the 5th or 6th post from the top in this topic:
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4102
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05-18-2015, 09:11 AM | #32 |
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I had one re-cored at Rowland Radiator in Spartanburg late last year, which is a lot closer to you than Marietta. They do a lot of trucks too, evidenced by the stack of cores in the shop.
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