G'day from Australia, Wow this brings back so so many memories. My dad started a radiator repair shop in 1986 in North Melbourne called " Arthur's Radiators " kept it open for 30 years & closed it his 78th birthday. Myself & my 2 brothers worked countless summer school holidays pulling radiators out of taxis & customers cars & doing repairs, flushing, acid dipping, & all the flux work. Copper core radiator's easy to repair time after time & good money when you scrap them & a good living in it. Then came the cheap fully assembled aluminium radiators from China & that changed the whole radiator game overnight. Plastic tanks didn't help either. What the average punter doesn't realise with a copper core you can at least repair it if you got a hole, unfortunately with aluminium core radiators you get a pin hole you throw it away the whole radiator & replace it with a whole new radiator & bloody expensive. Yes a dying art copper core radiator's the last radiator my dad build was for my 1970 VG Valiant a 3 core radiator, heavy duty air conditioning spec. Thanks for the memories Cheers Louis Kats 👍
@@tejay9416 then how does the copper last longer?just for clarification I had Only seen aluminium radiator till now ,out of curiosity that how copper last longer than aluminum?
This is everlasting radiator, its covers are made from brass or copper. Most of modern radiators from modern disposable cars have covers from plastic and sealant from piece of rubber.
Never seen a plastic radiator.. they make plastic covers that shroud the radiators but never the part that does the heat exchange.. copper is a much more durable and less likely to oxidize and deteriorate than aluminum though yes.. but is also more expensive.. the main issue with radiators is the galvanic corrosion from dissimilar metals along with using more and more corrosive antifreeze and additives in the cooling system and using internal parts that end up breaking down and clogging up the system such as this radiators demise was. All the rust from the metals in the other parts of the system clogged it up.. that wasent dirt.. iron oxide.. but copper radiators havent been produced since the 1950’s.. aluminum ones are fine and would last just as long as long as manufacturers didnt include steel or iron parts on them or in the system. Even using iron or stainless steel screws to mount them will cause it to corrode and kill them..
this rust occurs when people put tap water instead of proper antifreeze and demineralized water . Changing antifreeze every two years will prevent this. Dont do this with naked hands, it will harm your skin. Use gloves/@@HakHang12
@@Z-Ack Modern radiators are often aluminium cores with plastic end caps, they are almost impossible to re-core or service like these older style rads.
pretty simple R&R for a metal tank rad. Theres a small shop in my town that specializes in this. They do tons of big truck and classic vehicle repairs just like this, far cheaper than buying new.
Nice job. I have just done exactly the same thing with my 1948 Fergie tractor radiator. One extra tip it you are worried about melting the core of the radiator, before you start with the oxy torch ( it has to be a flame that is really hot ) fill the radiator up with water until the water level is just at the top of small inner tubes, then start unsoldering the top with the oxy torch. This will stop the solder on the smaller tube melting. Good luck.
in some countries that stay warm but are kinda poor or don't have the means to get anti freeze. They just use water with a slight amount of anti freeze or none at all and just use water but. Antifreeze causes rust and oxidizing as well in ur radiator. @@gteixeira
Great job on that radiator work! I love old radiators that had copper end tanks. They could be repaired and would basically last forever if cared for. When the plastic radiators started appearing, there was a transition period of time when often times you had the choice between an all metal radiator and a plastic one when buying a new radiator. I always opted for the metal one whenever possible.
Amazing work! I used to work as a forklift mechanic and we had a lot of rather old engines in some of them, for which spare parts are scarce. We often had to find so workarounds but still I've never seen anyone take a radiator apart.
It used to be a lot more common. Radiators were at one time all brass or copper, and coolant wasn't as good as it is now and the use of distilled water wasn't as common. Radiators would often get plugged with corrosion, dirt, and deposits. Given the cost of new it made sense to boil and rod them out if they needed it.
Brings back the day i started as a radiator repaire man now 50 years later still do a few small repaires as for r&r of tank and the roding core was not the greatest repaire as by time it was back togeather there were header leaks,,,, pinholes in the tubing and still there was scale in the bottom tank and header witch back in the 60's that seemed to be way it was done
Great video! Restoration in my favorite part about owing an older car. Restoring original parts of a car is better than just buying new all the time imo (except for interval parts like tires, brake pads, belts etc.)
в свое время занимался чисткой радиаторов. почистил несколько десятков. после такой пайки и распайки газовой горелкой можете его выкинуть. и при таком забитии надо обе крышки снимать и нормально прочищать соты. просто красивая чистка для видео. радиатор на помойку. почему? от такого перегрева все сотовые трубки отпаялись к черту. проверено. только мощный паяльник типа молотка и паяльная лампа. и то лампой надо осторожно что бы не испортить.
Roughly 40 years ago, in some remote Chinese town, we chartered a bus to take us to a village on the opposite side of the mountain. The bus was an old model that needs a hand crank to start the engine. The route to the village went through some mountainous slopes, after running about half an hour the radiator got too hot, the bus driver decided to take the bus to service at a road side garage. The repairman's diagnosis was, radiator blocked. And then went through almost the same procedure as in the video. The size of the radiator is near the same, I remember the repairmen took a metal strip to clean off the dirt the same way as in the video, poke it in one after the other. There are many long tubes for the water to run through, all but two were blocked. After cleaning, the radiator was soldered back to its own shape and put back to the bus. On the way to this repair garage, is the interesting part: First, when we board the bus, the driver introduced a fat lady is his wife and she is traveling with us. After driving for some distance, the engine seems overheated. The driver stopped the bus for some inspection and then restart the bus. The fat lady took the hand crank and go to the front of the bus to do the cranking. Ok, now we understand why the lady is traveling with us. After traveling some more distance. The overheat happens again, the bus driver calm us that the situation is under control, may be the radiator is running low on water. So the lady took a small plastic bucket to a road-side creek to scoop up some fresh water for the engine. We thought this is handy, fresh water from the mountain. Then later in the repair shop, the repairman told the driver not to use road side water for the radiator. After the repair, the bus went smooth without any hiccup down the road. That night, the bus traveled non stop. Over the slopes, there were sheeps sleeping quietly, it could be viewed clearly under the full moon. The sky was so clear, the sky was full of stars.
Nice video, very satisfying. Sorry to say though, if I did that with my radiator using an oxi-acetaline torch I'd end up with a pool of molten aluminium.
My uncle had Art's radiator shop in Seattle back in the 60's to the 80's. It was interesting to me that a radiator was a collection of lightweight copper pans and a core, all stamped sheet metal, then soldered together. Back then I had no idea. He fixed a core for my '67 Chevy utility truck by finding the puncture, pulling the radiator, taking it apart. Now there is access to each end of the core assembly. He soldered the ends of each tube that was punctured, thus plugging the leak. A lot of labor, but back then they still did that. Naturally it was a good fix. Cheers to all.
nice job.when i was a kid i watched my moms uncle disassemble a radiator & rod it out.still remember the smell of the muratic acid fumes.its obvious he's done quite a few of them before.sure is handy with the solder.now all the end tanks on cars are plastic & get brittle with age & heat,at a rudiculous replacement cost for a 2 row.
Great job! The radiator looked fantastic in the end. However, it seems really labor intensive. I wonder if it would be almost cheaper to buy a new radiator.
Good question!The new radiators are now mostly made of plastic and aluminum, unlike radiators that use solid copper. Thanks for watching the video and comments.
A lot of great effort. I can understand if you are restoring ORGINAL parts to car. I can buy a replacement new radiator for around 250. Too many times rebuilding the radiator 4 months later its back. More hours. Buying radiators from the BONE YARD is possible. (Under two-year-old car totaled rear end.) Now they make universal radiators. Thanks for the memories. I put this video on my laptop and e mail to customers who insist I can do this instead of new.
Labor costs in our place is so low that it makes much more sense to have a radiator serviced like this than to buy a new one (one with possibly an unknown quality even if bought brand new)
Good work... requires a lot of patience and skill. I wish radiators were still built like this... the plastic ones today are so much more likely to crack.
G'day from Australia, I am absolutely overwhelmed by all the questions. With Copper Core radiator's after all the work you spray paint them flat black apparently it is a paint that is for making the radiator match the radiator support panel from the factory being black but to deflect heat etc. With copper is that you can repair them time & time again little pin holes. Either you cut the tube & block it or repair it. Aluminium alot lighter but not as strong even little rocks kicked up from the road can easily puncher a Aluminium radiator compared to copper. Rather pay extra money & have copper over Aluminium any day for longevity. Hope this helps Cheers Louis Kats 👍
Yes, thank you very much for your visit. Comments Yes, of course, today radiators made of aluminum and plastic are widely used, while radiators made of copper are less common than before. Thank you.
So much of a waste of time that you had to make up extra time to sit there and type how much of a waste of time this this guy trying to make a living is.
Impressive... Sadly many radiators are just plastic/aluminum now and not worth the time or money to rebuild... HOWEVER these behemoth classic copper radiators used in OTR trucks, classic cars and industrial equipment CANNOT be beat.... their thermodynamics of cooling better are well known....
a plastic radiator would be awful. i've never seen one on a vehicle. aluminum radiators are good. less expensive than copper and can be recycled. dont see the problem with them. as long as you dont fill them with dirty water or shove a spear through it they will last a long time.
If I tried that tube clearing approach on any of the old Modine radiators I had over the years, the tubes would have ruptured. They were so thin, I swear the wall was no more than 5 thou. One of those Modines even had a leak in a tube's factory solder joint that was sealed by the paint for a couple years. Eventually I learned and stopped buying Modine. Had great luck with an aluminum one from JC Whitney that lasted decades...
Old or new cores you always block off the last 2 rows of tubes on each side. If it's going to leak later on that is normally the first place. The tube in the tank and fitting for the radiator cap should always be taken off and cleaned up and re soldered too.
This is like “Radiator ASMR” lol. But I wanted to see him straighten those smeared fins and then give it a nice fresh coat of black paint. Oh, and a pressure test!
heh when ya first popped the end cap off and I seen the whole row of what looked like rusted clogged tubes I was like oh boy that is nasty... then turns out was just a 2 row rad not 3. Interesting how they used the same ends with the press spots for the hole puncher for the 3rd one.
Hi! I love your work and your videos! I wanted to know why only the top part of the radiator is cleaned and not the bottom part. Is the cleaner you use some kind of acid? Thank you very much, and greetings from Argentina!
Believe it or not, parts were once built to last a life time. Just needed some maintenance and repairs from time to time, but rarely needed replacing from the normal wear and tear.
I want to see the pressure test. No way that thing doesn't leak. People see a video like this and think any radiator can be rodded out when in reality if they are that dirty its pretty much the only thing keeping them from leaking and once you clean it out 95 percent of the time they are junk. Especially when you hold the torch flame towards the core of the radiator like that.
This reminds me when clenaing the radiator of our mercedes W124 - 250D around 2007 with my dad. Man that car had been through more than 1 million km and still it ran like a beast! 😃😃 Nowdays cars have too much plastic and warnings. 😏
plastic saves weight. less weight = more efficient. more efficient = less gasoline per mile and more money in your pocket. you are literally wining about saving money, and getting better performance.... congratulations 🎉🎊🎉 🤦🤦♂🤦♀
@@darkshadowsx5949 naah! Fuck off with your cheap mentality! Plastic stuffs never last and they are just useless!!! Cars before 2000 were the best! Nowdays just useless plastic with no comfort.
Many decades ago my family were driving up Highway 50 in the sierras, in a 1962 rambler. The radiator blew and this clay colored liquid sprayed all over the front window of the car. We were stuck by the side of the road until somebody stopped to help and we got a tow. I was about 7 and scared to death.
G'day from Australia,
Wow this brings back so so many memories.
My dad started a radiator repair shop in 1986 in North Melbourne called " Arthur's Radiators " kept it open for 30 years & closed it his 78th birthday.
Myself & my 2 brothers worked countless summer school holidays pulling radiators out of taxis & customers cars & doing repairs, flushing, acid dipping, & all the flux work.
Copper core radiator's easy to repair time after time & good money when you scrap them & a good living in it.
Then came the cheap fully assembled aluminium radiators from China & that changed the whole radiator game overnight.
Plastic tanks didn't help either.
What the average punter doesn't realise with a copper core you can at least repair it if you got a hole, unfortunately with aluminium core radiators you get a pin hole you throw it away the whole radiator & replace it with a whole new radiator & bloody expensive.
Yes a dying art copper core radiator's the last radiator my dad build was for my 1970 VG Valiant a 3 core radiator, heavy duty air conditioning spec.
Thanks for the memories
Cheers
Louis Kats 👍
I'm really happy, thank you so much for liking this video. And your great comments, thank you very much.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊😊😊
@@HakHang12 👍
@louiskats5116 sir does the copper fins react with air and form copper oxide?
@@nidhinv8406You're asking if metal reacts with oxygen? LOL , yes, yes it does 😅
@@tejay9416 then how does the copper last longer?just for clarification I had Only seen aluminium radiator till now ,out of curiosity that how copper last longer than aluminum?
This is everlasting radiator, its covers are made from brass or copper. Most of modern radiators from modern disposable cars have covers from plastic and sealant from piece of rubber.
Yes, copper radiators are strong and durable. Unlike radiators made of plastic and aluminum, thank you. For watching the video, comment.
Never seen a plastic radiator.. they make plastic covers that shroud the radiators but never the part that does the heat exchange.. copper is a much more durable and less likely to oxidize and deteriorate than aluminum though yes.. but is also more expensive.. the main issue with radiators is the galvanic corrosion from dissimilar metals along with using more and more corrosive antifreeze and additives in the cooling system and using internal parts that end up breaking down and clogging up the system such as this radiators demise was. All the rust from the metals in the other parts of the system clogged it up.. that wasent dirt.. iron oxide.. but copper radiators havent been produced since the 1950’s.. aluminum ones are fine and would last just as long as long as manufacturers didnt include steel or iron parts on them or in the system. Even using iron or stainless steel screws to mount them will cause it to corrode and kill them..
this rust occurs when people put tap water instead of proper antifreeze and demineralized water . Changing antifreeze every two years will prevent this. Dont do this with naked hands, it will harm your skin. Use gloves/@@HakHang12
@@Z-Ack Modern radiators are often aluminium cores with plastic end caps, they are almost impossible to re-core or service like these older style rads.
@@nickmaclachlan5178but the plastic end cap is availabe to buy for popular cars
I have to say, IF you get it all back together and totally sealed, you will have basically a brand new radiator... Nice job. Thumbs Up!
Thanks for the tips!
That's how its done back in the days lol You talk as if brazing hasnt been done before.
Soldering @@GCS88
pretty simple R&R for a metal tank rad. Theres a small shop in my town that specializes in this. They do tons of big truck and classic vehicle repairs just like this, far cheaper than buying new.
And it only weighs half of what the original part did!!!
Fuel saving$$$!
Your video brings back memories, this was my job everyday of my life in the 90's...rebuild, repair and Install, 6 days a week 😆
Glad you enjoyed it
Mine too, in the early 70s. I loved it, good memory.
The guy doing the soldering knows his stuff. Looks good.
Yes thank you
Very good job!
I have used JB weld to seal back radiators and they work just fine even after 3 yrs
Reminds me of the work my friend Dennis way back in the day.
Ikr
Nice job. I have just done exactly the same thing with my 1948 Fergie tractor radiator.
One extra tip it you are worried about melting the core of the radiator, before you start with the oxy torch ( it has to be a flame that is really hot ) fill the radiator up with water until the water level is just at the top of small inner tubes, then start unsoldering the top with the oxy torch. This will stop the solder on the smaller tube melting.
Good luck.
Thanks for the tip!
That's why you run 'anti-freeze' all year round. It protects your radiator on the inside.
Yes thank you very much
Could be that electrolysis exist...
Why would anyone remove the anti-freeze at the end of the winter? I have never heard anyone doing that.
in some countries that stay warm but are kinda poor or don't have the means to get anti freeze. They just use water with a slight amount of anti freeze or none at all and just use water but. Antifreeze causes rust and oxidizing as well in ur radiator. @@gteixeira
Never use tap water on a radiator, it will destroy it.
Lovely work! Love watching that solder flow!
Thank you very much!
Great job on that radiator work!
I love old radiators that had copper end tanks. They could be repaired and would basically last forever if cared for. When the plastic radiators started appearing, there was a transition period of time when often times you had the choice between an all metal radiator and a plastic one when buying a new radiator. I always opted for the metal one whenever possible.
Thanks for the info!
Another automotive repair that is becoming a lost art. Learned to recondition/repair radiators back in the early 70's.
Yes, thank you very much for watching this video and good comments🙏😊
Nowadays the radiator has plastic on the sides so how u take it off without melting it
Yes, plastic radiators are easier to repair than copper radiators, thank you.🙏🙏🙏🙏😊
Most modern ones are plastic ends and repairing them is nearly impossible when the material degrades.
Probably lost because everyone that used to do it is dead from lead fumes.
Amazing work! I used to work as a forklift mechanic and we had a lot of rather old engines in some of them, for which spare parts are scarce. We often had to find so workarounds but still I've never seen anyone take a radiator apart.
It used to be a lot more common. Radiators were at one time all brass or copper, and coolant wasn't as good as it is now and the use of distilled water wasn't as common. Radiators would often get plugged with corrosion, dirt, and deposits. Given the cost of new it made sense to boil and rod them out if they needed it.
Yes thank you very much😊😊😊
I'm not a mechanic, not even close, but something is really satisfying about how you do your job and the end result! Keep up the good work, man!
Thank you very much!
Brings back the day i started as a radiator repaire man now 50 years later still do a few small repaires as for r&r of tank and the roding core was not the greatest repaire as by time it was back togeather there were header leaks,,,, pinholes in the tubing and still there was scale in the bottom tank and header witch back in the 60's that seemed to be way it was done
Yes thank you very much🙏😊
header witchback good name for a band.
عمل أكثر من رائع كل الاحترام والتقدير للشعب الباكستاني الرائع العملي المؤمن بالعمل الجاد شكراً لك ❤
Yes thank you very much😊😊
As a automotive mechanic...I enjoy videos like this quite a lot
Good to hear!
Great video! Restoration in my favorite part about owing an older car.
Restoring original parts of a car is better than just buying new all the time imo (except for interval parts like tires, brake pads, belts etc.)
Great point!Thank you so much for liking this video and good comments.
@@HakHang12 anytime 😎
в свое время занимался чисткой радиаторов. почистил несколько десятков. после такой пайки и распайки газовой горелкой можете его выкинуть. и при таком забитии надо обе крышки снимать и нормально прочищать соты. просто красивая чистка для видео. радиатор на помойку. почему? от такого перегрева все сотовые трубки отпаялись к черту. проверено. только мощный паяльник типа молотка и паяльная лампа. и то лампой надо осторожно что бы не испортить.
Yes thank you very much
Тоже хотел написать про нижнюю часть.
I get the sense this is not the first time this guy does this kind of work.
Yes, of course, thank you very much
Solder work is top notch! you've made ir better than brand new
Roughly 40 years ago, in some remote Chinese town, we chartered a bus to take us to a village on the opposite side of the mountain. The bus was an old model that needs a hand crank to start the engine. The route to the village went through some mountainous slopes, after running about half an hour the radiator got too hot, the bus driver decided to take the bus to service at a road side garage.
The repairman's diagnosis was, radiator blocked. And then went through almost the same procedure as in the video. The size of the radiator is near the same, I remember the repairmen took a metal strip to clean off the dirt the same way as in the video, poke it in one after the other. There are many long tubes for the water to run through, all but two were blocked.
After cleaning, the radiator was soldered back to its own shape and put back to the bus.
On the way to this repair garage, is the interesting part:
First, when we board the bus, the driver introduced a fat lady is his wife and she is traveling with us.
After driving for some distance, the engine seems overheated. The driver stopped the bus for some inspection and then restart the bus. The fat lady took the hand crank and go to the front of the bus to do the cranking. Ok, now we understand why the lady is traveling with us.
After traveling some more distance. The overheat happens again, the bus driver calm us that the situation is under control, may be the radiator is running low on water. So the lady took a small plastic bucket to a road-side creek to scoop up some fresh water for the engine. We thought this is handy, fresh water from the mountain.
Then later in the repair shop, the repairman told the driver not to use road side water for the radiator.
After the repair, the bus went smooth without any hiccup down the road.
That night, the bus traveled non stop. Over the slopes, there were sheeps sleeping quietly, it could be viewed clearly under the full moon. The sky was so clear, the sky was full of stars.
Yes, thank you very much for the comments you have been through before and thank you for watching the video.
Cool story!
Отличная история 🎉
I mean, if you're stranded or in an emergency, running it on spring water is better than no water at all. Just replace it with anti-freeze afterwards.
Nice video, very satisfying. Sorry to say though, if I did that with my radiator using an oxi-acetaline torch I'd end up with a pool of molten aluminium.
The radiator has brass end tanks and header plates with copper tubes and fins. It takes a little bit of practice, but isn't incredibly difficult
Good tip!
@HAKHORNG you sir, make it look a lot easier than it actually is. You have good skills
River water: exists
Every driver in Pakistan: you are so going into my radiator
Yes thank you
My uncle had Art's radiator shop in Seattle back in the 60's to the 80's. It was interesting to me that a radiator was a collection of lightweight copper pans and a core, all stamped sheet metal, then soldered together. Back then I had no idea. He fixed a core for my '67 Chevy utility truck by finding the puncture, pulling the radiator, taking it apart. Now there is access to each end of the core assembly. He soldered the ends of each tube that was punctured, thus plugging the leak. A lot of labor, but back then they still did that. Naturally it was a good fix. Cheers to all.
Yes thank you very much
nice job.when i was a kid i watched my moms uncle disassemble a radiator & rod it out.still remember the smell of the muratic acid fumes.its obvious he's done quite a few of them before.sure is handy with the solder.now all the end tanks on cars are plastic & get brittle with age & heat,at a rudiculous replacement cost for a 2 row.
Yes thank you very much
Scary to think what the engine block looks like if that's the radiator. Nice job.
Due to not paying attention to the maintenance of the car engine, it has caused more congestion and rust, thank you very much.
Use a good organic, long-life, coolant, and you won't have this problem. Even with a cast-iron engine block.
Yes thank you
Great video, looks pretty straight forward. Gonna check out your other videos
Yes, thank you very much for watching this video and good comments, thank you.🙏🙏🙏😊
Lovely work! Love watching that!!!
Thank you so much 😀
Отличная работа. После просмотра захотелось пойти и разобрать свой старый радиатор, препетировать))
Yes, thanks a lot, follow the skills you can.
Это медный радиатор,с алюминием так не прокатит.
Старый и есть медный. Новые не ремонтопригодны.@@DieselCat222
This is a lost art, thanks for sharing!
Glad you like it!
I cleaned my Car radiator , before 6 months .
Thank you for this video .🎉
But why this much rust ?
Lovely job, and a good advert for antifreeze. Imagine what the inside of the engine block looks like :o)
Yes thank you very much
3:55 me in the morning if I've had anything the prior day with dairy in it
Thank you
Thank you?! I do not think he understood!😅
Ah the good ole days. Well done.
Yes, thanks a lot for watching the video and comments
I got a coffee ad right before the video and then saw the dirty water come out of the radiator. Perfect match!
Yes thank you😂😂😊🙏♥️
The inside of the radiator is really small! The passage!! Cooling with that is amazing!
Yes thank you very much😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️
Great job! The radiator looked fantastic in the end. However, it seems really labor intensive. I wonder if it would be almost cheaper to buy a new radiator.
Good question!The new radiators are now mostly made of plastic and aluminum, unlike radiators that use solid copper. Thanks for watching the video and comments.
Why buy new when the repairer works for 2$ per hour?
Stavros
I don't know where you live, but the radiator shop in my town isn't doing all that for no $2 an hour.@@stevecallachor1
Only if I could clean my bad memories and soul like this.
Thank you
superb workmanship
A lot of great effort. I can understand if you are restoring ORGINAL parts to car. I can buy a replacement new radiator for around 250. Too many times rebuilding the radiator 4 months later its back. More hours. Buying radiators from the BONE YARD is possible. (Under two-year-old car totaled rear end.) Now they make universal radiators. Thanks for the memories. I put this video on my laptop and e mail to customers who insist I can do this instead of new.
Yes thank you very much
would have been cheaper just to buy a new radiator
Yes thank you very much😊
True but this video was satisfying to watch lol
Maybe in North America
No disrespect but if it ain't a $2000 racing radiator you better off buying a new one
Thank you very much
Labor costs in our place is so low that it makes much more sense to have a radiator serviced like this than to buy a new one (one with possibly an unknown quality even if bought brand new)
Good work... requires a lot of patience and skill. I wish radiators were still built like this... the plastic ones today are so much more likely to crack.
Thanks 👍
G'day from Australia,
I am absolutely overwhelmed by all the questions.
With Copper Core radiator's after all the work you spray paint them flat black apparently it is a paint that is for making the radiator match the radiator support panel from the factory being black but to deflect heat etc.
With copper is that you can repair them time & time again little pin holes.
Either you cut the tube & block it or repair it.
Aluminium alot lighter but not as strong even little rocks kicked up from the road can easily puncher a Aluminium radiator compared to copper.
Rather pay extra money & have copper over Aluminium any day for longevity.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Louis Kats 👍
Yes, thank you very much for your visit. Comments Yes, of course, today radiators made of aluminum and plastic are widely used, while radiators made of copper are less common than before. Thank you.
All that trouble just for nothing. That radiator is gonna last maybe two more months before going waste again. Just buy a new one for 50 bucks.
😂Thank you
This service just need 15 US dollars and will be last more than 5 years.
waste of time honestly, doing this would cost more than just replacing it, unless its like, an antique/vintage out of production deal
Yes, thank you, this is just a repair for people who lack the budget to buy a new one, paying only $ 5 to repair, thank you.
So much of a waste of time that you had to make up extra time to sit there and type how much of a waste of time this this guy trying to make a living is.
Ah….the smells of a radiator repair shop. As a retired mechanic, it brings back great memories! I know, weird right?
Yes it does!Many thanks for the wishes and comments 😊😊😊😊 ♥ ️
That soldering looks nice.
Yes thank you
Thanks so much sharing such a hard work. You made it an excellent one.
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my first job at 15 was at a repair shop on my street they fix tyre, radiator, starter and alternator
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I remember those all metal radiator, they are the best. Fix, patch and use them again. Now days we throw away and get a new plastic junk installed.
Yes, now rich in radiation, plastic and aluminum. Thank you.🙏😊
Impressive... Sadly many radiators are just plastic/aluminum now and not worth the time or money to rebuild... HOWEVER these behemoth classic copper radiators used in OTR trucks, classic cars and industrial equipment CANNOT be beat.... their thermodynamics of cooling better are well known....
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a plastic radiator would be awful. i've never seen one on a vehicle.
aluminum radiators are good. less expensive than copper and can be recycled. dont see the problem with them.
as long as you dont fill them with dirty water or shove a spear through it they will last a long time.
True craftsmen. I am jealous, thank you.
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In Eastern Europe, you can still find a specialist who repairs car coolers, but it is rare. This was cleaned and re-soldered into a new car cooler!☝👍
Solid welding job on that seal
If I tried that tube clearing approach on any of the old Modine radiators I had over the years, the tubes would have ruptured. They were so thin, I swear the wall was no more than 5 thou. One of those Modines even had a leak in a tube's factory solder joint that was sealed by the paint for a couple years. Eventually I learned and stopped buying Modine. Had great luck with an aluminum one from JC Whitney that lasted decades...
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Looks good! keep it up 👍
I never gave it much thought before but that's a ton of work.
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Well done! Can't hardly find anybody to rod a radiator anymore. 😢
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Old or new cores you always block off the last 2 rows of tubes on each side. If it's going to leak later on that is normally the first place. The tube in the tank and fitting for the radiator cap should always be taken off and cleaned up and re soldered too.
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Years ago, there were radiator shops that would boil out , clean and repair your radiator.
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This is like “Radiator ASMR” lol.
But I wanted to see him straighten those smeared fins and then give it a nice fresh coat of black paint. Oh, and a pressure test!
Yes I did, but I did not put it into the video, because I do not want the video to be long, thank you very much.
I have not seen a radiator rodded in many years, Cool!
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This is exactly why I kept my 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee radiator to repair it later on even though I had to buy a new one at the time
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That orange crud looks like the well water we had when living on the iron range.
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Very nice restoration, I wonder how long it took to get that bad 🤔
Good work, nice cleaning,👍
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Wow, nice job, true craftsman
heh when ya first popped the end cap off and I seen the whole row of what looked like rusted clogged tubes I was like oh boy that is nasty... then turns out was just a 2 row rad not 3. Interesting how they used the same ends with the press spots for the hole puncher for the 3rd one.
if this is outside of the US, Great job!
Wow, thanks!
I don't even have a car, and yet I watched this at 3 am
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Hi! I love your work and your videos! I wanted to know why only the top part of the radiator is cleaned and not the bottom part. Is the cleaner you use some kind of acid? Thank you very much, and greetings from Argentina!
The reason is because the upper part is full of dust clogged here, the lower part is not much of a problem, thank you.🙏😊😊
Nice work!
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Extremely nice my friend!
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Tolle Arbeit. Vielen Dank für das Teilen. LG aus Koblenz Christoph 👋 👋 👋 👋 👋
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Oh the most vital component of all engineering; the almighty water tank🌊
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I used to go with my dad to radiator shop to get his car radiator work. So interesting the work it gets done back in the and today.
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Believe it or not, parts were once built to last a life time. Just needed some maintenance and repairs from time to time, but rarely needed replacing from the normal wear and tear.
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To be clean is boring yet being cleansed is way more appealing
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Witnessing a Pro at his craft, there is nothing more mantastic
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Просто заливаешь туда лимонную кислоту...❤❤
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This is why its important to use a high quality coolant , not water in your engine cooling system.Also have it flushed every few years.
Yes, of course, it needs extra water to clean the machine and keep the radiation in good condition. Thank you.
gotta say i’m extremely impressed
3:33 i love this part😂😂
What is in the purple bottle? Very fun to watch, great work!
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Хорошо, когда верхняя часть радиатора выполнена из металла, а не пластика.
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Most people that run a radiater shop tells you to go buy a new one at the parts store b/c there to lazy to clean a radiator
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I want to see the pressure test. No way that thing doesn't leak. People see a video like this and think any radiator can be rodded out when in reality if they are that dirty its pretty much the only thing keeping them from leaking and once you clean it out 95 percent of the time they are junk. Especially when you hold the torch flame towards the core of the radiator like that.
This reminds me when clenaing the radiator of our mercedes W124 - 250D around 2007 with my dad. Man that car had been through more than 1 million km and still it ran like a beast! 😃😃
Nowdays cars have too much plastic and warnings. 😏
plastic saves weight. less weight = more efficient. more efficient = less gasoline per mile and more money in your pocket.
you are literally wining about saving money, and getting better performance....
congratulations 🎉🎊🎉 🤦🤦♂🤦♀
@@darkshadowsx5949 naah! Fuck off with your cheap mentality! Plastic stuffs never last and they are just useless!!! Cars before 2000 were the best! Nowdays just useless plastic with no comfort.
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Many decades ago my family were driving up Highway 50 in the sierras, in a 1962 rambler. The radiator blew and this clay colored liquid sprayed all over the front window of the car. We were stuck by the side of the road until somebody stopped to help and we got a tow. I was about 7 and scared to death.
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great craftsman, see how I received my same radiator back.
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❤❤super clean work..so nice
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good job watching from Philippines
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Hello mate congrats with the content i would like to know whats the yellow solution its looks nice and strong acid
Oui et rejeté dans la nature en plus 👍
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Nice job. Were they using muddy river water as coolant before?
Due to the negligence of the car owner, it just became like this, thank you.
I prefer these kinds of all-metal radiators than nowadays OEM with plastic top and bottom
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When doing that soldering and desoldering do you not use borax as fulux or does the solder have its own flux?
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Wonder what the engine coolant passages look like!
Very well done!
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Loved watching this even though I don't even have a car :P
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