I got a question for you guys do you think this radiator is repairable it's
got a huge Bend on the side of it and it's also twisted from top to bottom I
don't know about this one I'm gonna give it a shot though all right
first issue with the radiator it is twisted from top to bottom and that's
got to be straightened out before I tweak with anything else and I noticed
there's a crack here on the edge of the radiator that is just in the support of
the radiator and it shouldn't cause any leaks but once I have this radiator
straightened out I'm gonna have that welded up the easiest way to get this
radiator straightened out from top to bottom is to get it in a vise and just
twist it back by hand just gonna lightly tighten it down definitely don't want to
put any muscle into it these radiators are really weak you can literally grab
it by hand and twist it back into place since I don't have my vise bolted down
I'm gonna have to put the setup on the floor it that way can hold it with my
feet and get the leverage needed to twist it back
well that's straightened out pretty easy it actually looks pretty dang close next
up I'm gonna knock this edge back into place using a block of wood and a hammer
and you want to place the radiator on a flat soft surface such as this plastic
cart so it's pretty simple it's gonna place the block of wood on the edge of
the radiator and give it a few love taps
and you'll want to work yulie from one side to the other
this will help straightening go a bit easier
the radiator is starting to look really good at this point the issue we're
running into now is the top tank and bottom tank aren't perfectly parallel
you can see the four corners aren't exactly 90-degree angles so I can't get
the edges as straight as they need to be in order to fix this I'm gonna put the
radiator back in the vise so this tank is shifted over this way I'm gonna mount
the radiator and the vise and pound on this edge of it right here for this one
I'll be using a soft hammer that way I don't damage the edge of the radiator
I'm gonna continually check the corners with the speed square until we have 90
degree angles at all four corners looks like we're a bit off on this bottom
corner
I've got it looking pretty dang close right there I'm gonna call that good
there's still a little bit more work that needs to be done on the edge of
this radiator all right that's about as good as I'm gonna get it really happy
with how this one turned out now I'm gonna bring it over the sink and test
for any leaks I've got two of these hose fittings closed off with rubber plugs
and the third one I'll be spraying water into let's hope there's no leaks
thankfully I don't see any leaks so next up is gonna be shining this thing up in
the parts washer
while I was at it I figured I'd clean up the other side radiator as well but man
these things turn out meant hope you guys enjoyed the video I know I had a
ton of fun shooting it just a quick reminder you have one day left to enter
the giveaway on the parts washer and also in a day the price on the parts
washing tutorial is going up click the first link down in the description for
all that information I'll be checking with you guys in a few days see ya
you