Not So Pro 3

[Loony661]

@Loony661 original post got me thinking of the 70s when I was keeping a fleet of Hyster and Clark forklifts running and it seemed as if I was down at the radiator shop every other month. I loved the simplicity then, a core and 2 tanks. I would watch the guys unsolder the tanks, dip the cores in the bath I assume was acid, clean them and patch them or replace the core and solder the tanks back on with miles of good old lead solder, then pressure test and spraypaint them black

I bet those poor bastards developed all kinds of health issues later in life from all the acid and lead fumes

A far cry from any modern radiator shop I assume, if there even is such a thing anymore

This shop has been in business since ‘73 and still family owned and operated. They cleaned it, and painted it black too. I feel real good that they did what they could with it. When it’s time for a complete core replacement and rebuild, I’ll go back to them.

 

[3browns]

I never ran a Clark but I've run a lot of Hysters and Yales and they were hawt garbage.

The 2 huge Hysters were mainly for unloading rough cut Ponderosa pine from rail cars and they got the snot beat out of them

They were essentially the same size but were a mismatched pair and once the owner of the company decided to cancel the factory service contract it was all down to me

Being mismatched I had to try my best to keep spare parts and service parts on hand because they simply couldn’t be down

The owner got rid of the fleet of smaller Hysters that ran around in the building moving lumber and product and got a Fleet of Clarks but then he did the same thing, cancelled the service contract after a year I guess and it was all on to me to keep them running

That was in addition to millwrighting all the saws, fingerjointers, molders, etc in that enormous plant

I agree that the Hysters were the weak link

 

[3browns]

I literally just got home with it - the shop repaired everything that they could. They said it will hopefully get me through this season, there’s no guarantees though. They sent me along with some industrial, only commercially available, stop leak. They want me to add it right away and then add a scoop here and there to keep the coolant inside the system. I’m going to start installing the radiator now.

Back in the day in El Paso Texas every 7/11 store had a small car parts section and they all carried among other things, blister packs of the most common sizes of spark plugs that had been “rebuilt” (sand blasted), “recycled” oil that was half the price of the cheapest straight 30 wt, and tons of those little clear plastic tubes of Stop Leak

The locals bought that stuff to keep their ancient rigs running and it worked for them

 

[3browns]

The last time I tried winterizing a pressure washer by just blowing it out with compressed air cost me the pressure washer

This time I am trying this stuff



I hope it’s good for my complexion because I just took a bath in it



I had the machine tipped up thinking the maximum amount of product would stay down in the pump and the stuff shot 6 feet up in the air when I hit the button on the can

Hope it works

 

[sawmikaze]

The last time I tried winterizing a pressure washer by just blowing it out with compressed air cost me the pressure washer

This time I am trying this stuff

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I hope it’s good for my complexion because I just took a bath in it

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I had the machine tipped up thinking the maximum amount of product would stay down in the pump and the stuff shot 6 feet up in the air when I hit the button on the can

Hope it works

It works, I used it for years.

The past 2 years I just made sure the pump was totally drained and took it off and I keep it inside.

 

[lohan808]

How much is that stuff?

 

[timg]

I literally just got home with it - the shop repaired everything that they could. They said it will hopefully get me through this season, there’s no guarantees though. They sent me along with some industrial, only commercially available, stop leak. They want me to add it right away and then add a scoop here and there to keep the coolant inside the system. I’m going to start installing the radiator now.

I tell ya what product I would suggest and it won't clog up your tubes.
KSeal In a blue jug with orange label. I'm a believer.
Pardon me for being a nosy rosey but why can't they just recore on your old tanks?

 

[3browns]

How much is that stuff?

$9.30 at Walmart, Alaska price

 

[3browns]

It works, I used it for years.

The past 2 years I just made sure the pump was totally drained and took it off and I keep it inside.

Fanks

 

[3browns]

I agree on the thrill part. But them bacon wrapped backstraps, mmmm- mmmm. Problem here is that CWD is starting to turn up. That schit scares me.

All yinz guys are talking about backstraps and such but none of yinz is talking liver and onions

Yinz is weird...

 

[davidwyby]

God that's awful. Hopefully she's got some family or some sort of support system around her. She'll need it.

Grandparents, older step brother. But her immediate family is all gone.

 

[sawmikaze]

How much is that stuff?

You won't have to work any overtime.

 

[3browns]

You won't have to work any overtime.

Maybe give up one #1 meal from Bojangles....

 

[redline4]

These Colorado diesels are awful to work on.

 

[41FanForLife]

Maybe give up one #1 meal from Bojangles....

Speaking of Bojangles how is Dall's bro friend doing? Heard he's down with the sickness...

 

[41FanForLife]

These Colorado diesels are awful to work on.
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I'd rather hang drywall every day for the rest of my life. But that's just me.

 

[3browns]

These Colorado diesels are awful to work on.
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That engine isn't filthy but still, it's pretty bad

How much extra time does it take on a job like this dealing with the lack of cleanliness?

Do your job rate algorithms take that extra time into account?

I have had Toyota service writers and mechanics actually go out of their way to compliment me on how clean my engine compartment is

 

[legdelimber]

Back in the day in El Paso Texas every 7/11 store had a small car parts section and they all carried among other things, blister packs of the most common sizes of spark plugs that had been “rebuilt” (sand blasted), “recycled” oil that was half the price of the cheapest straight 30 wt, and tons of those little clear plastic tubes of Stop Leak

The locals bought that stuff to keep their ancient rigs running and it worked for them

Somehow, I'll guess that you've seen the old trick of touching bumpers and then using a pair of the old ratcheting bumper jacks to bridge the positive battery terminals, to jump off a car.

 

[Loony661]

I tell ya what product I would suggest and it won't clog up your tubes.
KSeal In a blue jug with orange label. I'm a believer.
Pardon me for being a nosy rosey but why can't they just recore on your old tanks?

They can - for $1,750 custom made core 6” deep and then labor… So they patched what they could and sent me home with it and a jug of Northern Rite-Way Stop Leak that they swear by. There’s no oil cooler or heater core or anything else to worry about on this thing - just the air radiator and the engine.

 

[legdelimber]

That convenience store were I learned that bumper touch
trick, sold a lot of alcohol on the weekends.