Radiator's

This is more of a ask for help them at the moment. I had 2 Aluminum Rads come into the shop today with holes in the (what i will call) the grill they have cut the fins out and crimped the ends and wanted me to TIG them up.

Here is were my issues comes up, The stuff is thinner then Toilet paper and i just chase and chase the darn thing. If i had a Pulsed Tig this might not be an issue, sadly i do not.

I have 4043 and 5356 rods from 1/16 to 1/4 at my disposal as well as tungsten's from 1/16 to 1/4 In EWP EWTh-2 EWCe-2. I have Pure argon and sadly no access to helium.

Any help would be great, I will see if i can get some pictures of them and the 3 holes you can look right though them.

your labor per hour plus your knowledge,skills, and ability`s, outweighs the cost of a new radiator..that`s how I figure my time..that customer needs a new rad..unless he`s running a pto shaft off the crank..like the power company..through the radiator...then he gets his wallet out...amen..

hydramatic said:

your labor per hour plus your knowledge,skills, and ability`s, outweighs the cost of a new radiator..that`s how I figure my time..that customer needs a new rad..unless he`s running a pto shaft off the crank..like the power company..through the radiator...then he gets his wallet out...amen..

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That's that i said, i have 400$ into 1 of the 2 now. But he insists he wants them fixed.

Sublet the work if you don't have the resources to do it. The shop still makes money. My shop repairs intercoolers from time to time but never rads. You can always try cold weld compounds aswell.

The best way to do this is unclinch the tank and weld the bad tubes closed right on the headers, then reclinch the tank.


PM me if you want some more info, I work for a very large radiator manufacturer.

R