[AT] Help with Radiator Leak, Please?

[Richard Fink Sr]

Wayne if the pellet is still in the hole. fill radiator with water 
add about 4 table spoons of BLACK pepper keep it full and run till 
warm up it will seal the leak.
That is about as cheap as you can get.
R Fink
PA



At 10:02 AM 1/24/2008 -0800, you wrote:


>I am looking for a good and cheap fix on an old radiator. I don't
>think I can use "good" and "cheap" in the same sentence, but here is
>my question.
>
>I purchased an old welder, made by General Electric.  The
>manufacturers label said the engine was a four-cylinder Hercules, but
>upon closer inspection the engine is actually a four-cylinder
>Continental.  Too bad too, as I have been looking for some time for a
>Hercules 1XB3 engine or similar replacement for another project.
>
>The welder was dragged out of the bush behind the owner's house from
>under a mess of blackberry bushes.
>
>Oh yes, to my question...
>
>At some point in history, someone has shot a pellet gun at the
>radiator.  The pellet is still visible in the cooling tube.  The
>radiator leaks at this hole.
>
>I read somewhere that to repair a radiator, a person purchased a
>special clip that fit over the tube and was soldered into place.  I
>may have found this information in an old equipment manual.
>
>The most commonly used method of repair that I have seen is to break
>away the cooling fins between the tubes around the hole and just
>solder up the hole.  While this might be very functional, I have not
>been impressed with the looks of the completed work.
>
>Now, here is the question -- Does anyone here have any suggestions
>that I might try to make a near "Invisible" repair to the radiator?
>
>This may be off topic, for which I apologize.
>
>
>Wayne
>Vancouver Island, BC
>
>
>
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