Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2015 19:44:47 GMT -5
In the ever never ending quest for an HG clean garage, I was gathering scrap from the mid winter accumulation and came upon 2 radiators. Having been previously screwed 
by the scrap yard for uncleaned radiators I decided to correctly process them for premium $$$. So I have a BIG mother from the Kubota engine purchase (big by Jeep standards) and another from a Supersonic converted to farm power unit purchase. No use for either. To prepare them you need to remove the tanks from the core, so I fired up the rosebud and had at it!.
Standing the radiator on edge, remove the side straps.
Then heat up the neck and remove that.
Once the side straps are removed, then heat the seam on the tank/core starting at the top, and work your way down both sides.
Once you have made your way around you can pull the tank right off, here is a shot of the cooling tubes, this one is fairly clean.
Here is a shot of the Kubota radiator, notice the calcium buildup in the tubes, at a shop this is where they "Rod Them OUT", by sticking a rod through the tube to clean it out.
Here is a shot of the removed tanks.
I am confident I could re-core my own radiator, and may try it on project red ass, I just need a crap GPW radiator with good tanks.
Lee
by the scrap yard for uncleaned radiators I decided to correctly process them for premium $$$. So I have a BIG mother from the Kubota engine purchase (big by Jeep standards) and another from a Supersonic converted to farm power unit purchase. No use for either. To prepare them you need to remove the tanks from the core, so I fired up the rosebud and had at it!.Standing the radiator on edge, remove the side straps.
Then heat up the neck and remove that.
Once the side straps are removed, then heat the seam on the tank/core starting at the top, and work your way down both sides.
Once you have made your way around you can pull the tank right off, here is a shot of the cooling tubes, this one is fairly clean.
Here is a shot of the Kubota radiator, notice the calcium buildup in the tubes, at a shop this is where they "Rod Them OUT", by sticking a rod through the tube to clean it out.
Here is a shot of the removed tanks.
I am confident I could re-core my own radiator, and may try it on project red ass, I just need a crap GPW radiator with good tanks.
Lee
. I have soldered many, many radiator tubes on equipment in the field over the years. Last winter on a tunnel job in Minneapolis a hydraulic unit sucked a plastic tarp into the cooling fan and messed up the core pretty bad... The foreman on the job was pissed and asked how many days it would take to get it fixed, I told him 2-3 hours. He laughed, ya right and sent the crew home. I removed the radiator and cleaned and soldered the tubes and put it back together, 2 hours and 20 min. He was shocked. Its really not hard to do. A re core may challenge me, but I will try it!.