Radiator Leaks... What to do?

[Ramdriver15]

Hey all,
Yet again my truck has taken a :ShizenWinder: on me and im gonna be paying out the :Signal73: for it. I am wondering what the best way to go is.

Here is the rundown on what is going on. I belive i found the problem, and is is leaking where the fan shroud rubs. I believe it finalluy gave way from me using the fan shroud as a climb handle.

should i braze the radiator or just replace the whole thing. As far as i could tell here on campus that isit. i may tare into it when i get home but i dont know if i feel like it.

thanks all,
John

[Jim]

If its real bad when ya get it out replace, if your good at brazing and its a small hole touch it up.

[Warpig]

If its real bad when ya get it out replace, if your good at brazing and its a small hole touch it up.

All that, after he referred to you as an azz :falldownlaugh:

[PToombs]

Is that a copper radiator or an aluminum/plastic one? If it's the al/pl, maybe you can fix it with JB weld or the like. I fixed the radiator on the wifes Astrovan like that, the shroud had broken and rubbed a hole thru the core. I brake cleanered it, heated it with the propane torch, sanded it a little and put the goo on. I used Loctite brand, Loc-Weld, worked great, never leaked again. :woohoo:

[Jim]

All that, after he referred to you as an azz :falldownlaugh:

:idea: I missed that post? :popcorn:

[Warpig]

:idea: I missed that post? :popcorn:

im gonna be paying out the :Signal73: for it.



It's right there :falldownlaugh:

[Jim]

It's right there :falldownlaugh:

now i gotcha :falldownlaugh:

[Ramdriver15]

didnt mean to refer Jim as an azz.... just was looking for a symbol to most resemble how i felt so i didnt get in trouble here on the sight...... so im very sorry jim....


i think ill go with the jb weld... its an aluminum plastic radiator....:woohoo:

[Jim]

didnt mean to refer Jim as an azz.... just was looking for a symbol to most resemble how i felt so i didnt get in trouble here on the sight...... so im very sorry jim....


i think ill go with the jb weld... its an aluminum plastic radiator....:woohoo:

oh believe me no apologies needed!!! I know its what ya meant. Tim just having some fun:HoleShotHolset:

[Ramdriver15]

i realize that just wanted to make sure you knew it was... lol


u think jb weld is a good idea for a cheap easy fix... dont liek to be a hack but the funds are not meat to be spent on the truck but more so the school funds

[Jim]

ummmm. not too sure. with the pressure in the rad it would have to be a fine JB weld job to hold.....But hack pete did it so it works! give it a shot. May be able to pull the fan/shroud. prob easier then pulling the rad?

[Ramdriver15]

i been pulling the the shroud into the radiator..... thats my problem....:97DodgeCTD:

[Jim]

i been pulling the the shroud into the radiator........:97DodgeCTD:

So thats what they call it out in ohio eh? :smilielol:

[Ramdriver15]

why you makin funna the way i use technical terms:falldownlaugh:

[PToombs]

Drain it, sand it, and alternately spray and heat about 2-3 times. That's what I did. I then put the stuff on, and squeezed the hole shut a little, then added more. I let it sit overnite before I filled back up. I refused to buy a radiator for the POS van, so that was the other option.
The wife drove it for about 2 years before we got rid of it.
Good luck John!

[Ramdriver15]

the hole is in the top row of vains so i believe i can just spray her clean and then sand and fill the hole... mabe mabe not.... 300 for a new radiator is steep

[95Cummins]

thats actually not a bad deal!! I did one at work in a 98 12v and it was like 400 our shop cost.

[Ramdriver15]

thats the NAPA price with my double discount:nutkick:

[jlkinney]

thats the NAPA price with my double discount:nutkick:


I have never tried J B weld, I have used marine tex, lasts for years

[95Cummins]

Throw an egg in there!!

[Ramdriver15]

hahaha i have enough fluid to stay in the normal op temp and not leak:falldownlaugh:. I will prob play this wekend with it...

[97dodgectd]

throw some black pepper in there that will stop the sob from leaking. then buy a new one when you get money. my radiator leaked back in december and i just bought a new one from the radiator store. and it was 350ish for an aluminum/plastic one. no more problems.

[Ramdriver15]

i have a tube of jb weld hot and base laying around so im gonna try it. If i can get it to hold, the truck may be going up for sale.... hide the problems and get decent chunk of change for it

[Jim]

Throw an egg in there!!

Myth busters tried that, I wish I could remember the outcome :idea:

[PToombs]

Boiled egg? :falldownlaugh: :smilielol:

[05lonestar]

if its in the aluminum part and you can get a torch on in, the welding suppliers sell this stuff similar to braze called alumeloid. sticks to aluminum only once you heat the surface to 700 degrees or so. the stuff looks like thicker brazing rods.