Posted by RBoots on July 26, 2017 at 19:49:56 from (173.241.113.102):
In Reply to: Radiator Repairs posted by Married2Allis on July 26, 2017 at 07:16:43:
I cut half of the smashed top tank off my 450 Farmall. Like you, I figured I didn't have much to lose. I have soldered a lot of things, but this was the biggest. Once I cut it off, I beat it back into shape on an anvil. The previous owner had dropped something off the loader onto it, it was flat to the cores on one side, not kidding. I used a roloc disk on a die grinder to polish the edges on both pieces about an inch in. I set my piece on the radiator, kept tweaking it until it fit quite well, with gaps less than 1/8". I used my acetylene torch with a brazing tip turned down quote low. That way I could put heat in and take it away quickly. With thinner solder, I could put the solder in place almost like a tight weld, one bead at a time, blended into the one next to it. Before I started doing the long sections, I placed a bead of solder about every inch to hold things in place and keep it from warping. Even though most of the gaps were under an eighth of an inch, I made sure beads were about 3/8 or 1/2 an inch to make sure I had good stout seams. Total length of seams I soldered on the top tank was probably about 20 inches. Works very well, probably took me a couple hours.
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