Re: Radiator Repairs

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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