Posted by Wardner on July 27, 2009 at 06:51:55 from (4.154.246.2):
In Reply to: smta radiator posted by cazzhrdwd on July 26, 2009 at 19:38:17:
I would take a condition appraisal by any radiator shop as worthless. They will reflexively condemn any antique radiator (or for that matter ANY radiator) when asked for an evaluation. They think they have you over a barrel.
You have to do your own testing with a set of rubber expansion plugs purchased at a plumbing supply shop. Actually molded rubber caps are better and safer. Use a polyethylene tub similar to a mason's mixing tub for a tank. Regulate the air for no more than 15 lbs. Total cost is less than $20.
Even if you have unlimited funds, the best part of this procedure is knowing that you have not been scammed. And you get to keep the original part.
Use google to get a better understanding of radiator repair.
As a side note, I once met a radiator repair shop owner at his house. He had two forty foot shipping containers full of old cores and an overflow smattering of loaded pallets behind his barn. He said that was his retirement account.
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