"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
05/14/2020 at 21:44 • Filed to: Raider
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"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
05/14/2020 at 21:44 • Filed to: Raider | 6
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I had what looked like 4 pinhole leaks in the top tank of my rad. According to my mechanic, all I needed to fix that is a propane torch, flux, and acid core solder. I spent a lot of time wrangling a funnel into place under the radiator drain so I could lower the coolant level. I had a section of old hose on the funnel to drain into a bucket, since I didn’t want to remove the skid plates.
Then I learned that the drain is actually a hose, not where I had the funnel under the plug I was unscrewing. So I ditched the funnel, and the hose fit around the drain hose, and into the bucket around the other end
For such a small engine there sure isn’t always a ton of room to work.
After I wire brushed and sanded where the leaks are, I couldn’t find them. Perfect. Also, this torch is garbage, and goes out once it’s anywhere near horizontal. So heating the spots was a huge pain in the ass, but I eventually got some solder where I think the leaks are...
I hope I was successful, but if I wasn’t, I’m gonna need a better torch to do this successfully.
Nom De Plume
> gmctavish needs more space
05/14/2020 at 21:57 |
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I was internally debating the merits of a pencil torch today. Sometimes a small torch is inconvenient, others a heat gun is the same only less powerful.
Painted surfaces are a no go area with the pencil torch. I’m still thinking using one could win out in many situations I face if only through ease.
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gmctavish needs more space
> Nom De Plume
05/14/2020 at 22:02 |
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As long as you don’t need to go near horizontal... I think I lit it like 15 or 20
times to get those 4 spots “done”. I didn’t want to spent $65 or so on the better torch, but I’ll probably have to anyway
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Nom De Plume
> gmctavish needs more space
05/14/2020 at 22:15 |
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Hope they hold.
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gmctavish needs more space
> Nom De Plume
05/14/2020 at 22:48 |
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Yeah, me too....
dogisbadob
> gmctavish needs more space
05/14/2020 at 22:52 |
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oooo your car has headlight washers that’s awesome :o)
jminer
> gmctavish needs more space
05/14/2020 at 23:02 |
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Get a torch that’s more of a right angle like this and you won’t have that problem with tilting it too far.
Also use map p gas instead of propane if you’re brazing. The bottle is only a couple bucks more than propane and burns much hotter. It’s good for both soldering and brazing, as well as heating up stuck bolts.
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gmctavish needs more space
> jminer
05/15/2020 at 01:21 |
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I’ll see if I can something like that on Canadian amazon...I’ll look into mapp gas as well, thanks!
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gmctavish needs more space
> dogisbadob
05/15/2020 at 01:22 |
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It does, but they don’t work. I’ve gotta look into that at some point