Jesper :
Depends on workmanship, but a solder repair should last the life of the
radiator. After all, that's how it was assembled originally.
Randall
On Friday, May 21, 1999 3:10 PM, Jesper Jonsson [SMTP:jjski4fun@mindspring.com]
wrote:
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> I had a surprise last week-end when I filled the radiator with coolant,
> the surprise was wet shoes and still an empty radiator, there was a hole
> in the middle caused by the guy with the wet shoes when he (I) put the
> engine back in the car. So 3 1/2 hours later the radiator was out of the
> car again......... I soldered the holes and pressure tested the radiator
> with a bicycle inner tube cut in half (Way more than the 4 lb of the
> radiator cap).
>
> I am still wondering if it is going to holdup? If anyone has any
> experience with patched radiators please let me know.
>
> Jesper with dry but yellow shoes.
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