Aluminum welding rods

rattlecanpaint

rattlecanpaint

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Anyone know where in Raleigh to get them? Got a radiator to fix next weekend.
 
Let me know how it works for you. We tried it with solder-no go. Took it to the radiator shop, and they charged $75 to weld two pin holes. :mad:
 
Great! Thanks, I'll let you know how it works. I knew I'd seen them somewhere besides the Food Lion Auto fair in Charlotte. I got to do a demo there and it seems to be pretty easy to do. Hopefully I can fix it with the radiator still in the car. the hole is near the top half of the radiator.
 
just buy a new one, if there's some holes there will be more shortly

And it will happen on the highway going 70 and you'll overheat the shit out of it and ruin the motor

Brendan
 
The hole is from the radiator being twisted in a roll over. (along with the hood, front clip, roof, tailgate front and rear bumpers headlights, a taillight, etc, etc.) It's going to get a new one just need to get it home. Because the front clip is twisted, it will be very difficult to get a new one in there without hitting the fan. I think it's just cracked, hopefully not the tank. (I can't see any cracks in the upper tank so hopefully it's just the aluminum cracked.)
 
Alumaloy rods SUCK monkey toes. A friend tried to use them, then me and 4 other people. Never could get it to work.
 
I tried those, but with a propane torch.. maybe the MAPP gas I've got now will work better..
 
I got some at HF yesterday and messed around with them a bit last night. Punched a hole in a sooda can bottom and hit it with a baattery brush. (Was the only SS bruch I had that was decent.) Welded the hole up and let it cool. Put some water in it and it has held almost 24 hours now with no leaks. Near as i can tell from their instructions and website, the trick is to clean it with a SS brush real good and then kinda scratch at the parent metal with the rod once you've got a puddle. I'm gonna practice some more tonight. I'm using an LP hand torch and it gets plenty hot to melt both the aluminum and the welding rod. Kinda tricky to try and weld something as thin as an aluminum can. Hopefully a Radiator wil be a bit thicker.
 
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