| Re: Radiator Rebuild [message #117860 is a reply to message #117854] |
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Matt Colie
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| tphipps wrote on Mon, 07 March 2011 11:45 |
I have the damaged radiator from Marc's GMC. Since only the end caps are needed for a re-core, I don't want to store the entire thing. How do you remove just the end caps and toss the highly damaged core? Will this require a professional shop to do the deed? Or, can you just cut most of the core off with a cut-off saw, about 2 inches from the cap. The object is not to rebuild this radiator now, but to be able to supply the caps to someone who has a desperate need.
Tom, no GMC = no radiator
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Tom,
If that is your intention, then a sawzall is a fast answer. I have gotten end tanks off with just a torch, but it is neither easy nor entertaining. With the price of scrap copper what it is, I would get a 6" fine blade and cut through the tubes as close to the tube sheet (the part that the tube are stuffed into) as I dared,
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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