[TR] Welding radiator inlet tubes - mating different ones.

Jerrold Le Tourneau jerrold.letourneau at verizon.net
Thu Jul 14 12:28:54 MDT 2011


Bob -

Great call !!!  I just took my torch to the replacement radiator and the 
inlet tube came loose.  It is indeed soldered like your TR3.  So now I 
am off to do the same for the radiator in the car.  Swap out the inlet 
tubes, resolder and I should be good to go.  Thanks!

Jerry

On 7/14/2011 1:57 PM, Bob wrote:
> On Thursday, July 14, 2011 01:21:28 pm Jerrold Le Tourneau wrote:
>> The cap mount flange has deteriorated on my 68' GT6 radiator.  The
>> radiator cap is barely held in place.  I have another radiator that the
>> drain tap has fallen out off and appears that it can't be fixed.  I was
>> wondering if would be practical to cut the radiator/cap fill tubes on
>> the radiators and weld the good one to replace the bad one.  The
>> original radiator seems fine otherwise with no visible leaks.  Anybody
>> have thoughts on this idea?
>>
> Jerrold,
>
> I got a TR3 radiator on Ebay but it did not have the part you described.
> Someone must have removed it. So I heated up a wrecked radiator filler flange
> and removed it and re soldered it to the good radiator.
>
> At least  on the TR3, all those parts are soldered not welded. So if the GT6
> radiators are the same, you should be able to heat up the flange and remove it
> and do the same on the radiator with a good flange and re-solder it to your
> good radiator. I used my standard propane torch and real lead/tin solder.
> (Dont tell the EPA!)
>
> Bob


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