[AT] repairing radiators

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

Update on my radiator repair issues.

The greasy fingernail network finally came through with a local fellow that 
could properly repair the radiator. He's been at it over 50 years. Runs a 1 
man shop and has all the business he wants. I decided this was not the 
radiator to learn how to "repair" since this is the single most important 
tractor we have and some of the things I do with it I don't have a backup 
tractor for.

He fixed the old repair by soldering a piece of brass over the split, like 
you guys suggested. When I pulled the radiator it turns out one of the side 
rails was broke loose. He looked at it and said the other one was almost 
loose as well. He found a couple other leaks  where the top tank meets the 
core and reinforced the neck. He pulled the top off so he could rod out the 
core. With all this repair work, flushing, pressure testing, and painting, 
he only charged $75, quite a bargain.

By the way, the shop that charged me $90 to resolder  the fitting the temp. 
sending unit screws into on my combine radiator charged another fellow $140 
to repair a radiator that still leaked--he was fixing that one as well.

John Hall