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Old 06-18-2016, 07:04 PM   #21
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If it were mine I would take it to a radiator shop rather than trying to do it myself .Soldering the tank is tricky and they use a torch made for radiator repair. They also have a tank to check for leaks. Phil
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Old 06-18-2016, 10:11 PM   #22
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36Bill, the only thing i like about living in a large city like san anyonio tx is the access to the variety of vendors. have a great radiator shop here that has done many of my radiators. when i was in Napa Ca many times i had to go down to Oakland Ca to find someone that could do things....

as a transplant to the heat and humidity of south texas, i would never recommend leaving beautiful, green Oregon for any reason.....
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Old 08-20-2017, 11:25 AM   #23
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Hi Everyone, I found these in a pile of junk that I'd taken off the car. You can see the inside of the hoses, and the thermostats which were turned sideways in the upper hoses.

The system is working. I've been through about ten flushes. One time I put RuSt911 through it for 24 hours, THAT took out a lot of rust. Some rubber is still coming out.
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Old 08-20-2017, 07:08 PM   #24
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When you are done try these if you can find them, they fit in the upper radiator hose[s] inlet to the radiator . I use them and they help, never caught much in the flathead but my Y block usually has crud in it when I change every two years.
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Cool Talkwrench, I already have 'stats in the top hoses, correctly positioned I'll add, so I'm not sure how those would fit too, but I love the idea! Any leads on a supplier?
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Old 08-20-2017, 08:52 PM   #26
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+1 on the "Rust911" flush. I did it on the Mercury engine in my '51 Ford and it runs at 160 degrees with 180 thermostats. (I do have to admit that it hasn't been above 80 up here since I got the engine installed.) I am super happy with the results (I did it 3 times, though).
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Cool Talkwrench, I already have 'stats in the top hoses, correctly positioned I'll add, so I'm not sure how those would fit too, but I love the idea! Any leads on a supplier?
It makes it difficult with the thermostats being in that spot.. and as to a lead in supplier I cant help as I am in Australia and I just order through my parts supplier if I need them.
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Old 08-21-2017, 02:02 AM   #28
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Here are some pics of what I used. The first 3 show the pipes in front of my PU as it would sit in use. I didn't glue any as I had a low pressure water flow. The last shows the tank and most of it's connection, one ell and some radiator hose are someplace else. This is a tank for filling our sprayer on the farm but you could make something out of a barrel on a stand with a 1 1/4 pipe to feed it. A hose might work too, never tried it



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Old 08-21-2017, 07:52 AM   #29
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That is the most clever farmer fix I have ever seen. Kudos to you.
That idea was something I tried to adapt. Here's what I came up with. I asked to go to the back of the auto parts store and look over their radiator hoses. I picked one that would let me attach this rig to the lower hose of the radiator and forced water in the PVC. What I found was while I could get good flow up through the radiator with the combined tubes, I couldn't get enough force to lift any gunk off the top of the core tubes and out the neck.
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Old 08-21-2017, 04:50 PM   #30
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I am just doing a Vinegar flush, I will let you know how I go ,I have the Radiator isolated with plugs ,
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