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Lehanover@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 4/18/2007 4:28:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jerryhey@earthlink.net writes:
Ernest, cut out all the offending material and make a patch that
can be TIG welded on. Weld the 45 degree fitting to the patch and then weld the whole thing to the radiator. Ed K could do that for you easily. Jerry
Or, Saw off the fittings close to the radiator material. Disk sand the area so as to look like new. Cut down some new fittings. Take the whole works to a real welder who has a real water cooled torch and Argon curtain gas. He will return the jewelry you deserve for your airplane. It is just fine to ask to see some of his work.
My mother welded aluminum with a gas torch during the war. I was 25 before I laid down a bead she liked.
Tough audience.
Lynn E. Hanover
I tried that route, Lynn. Got a mess back. I talked to the owner of the company yesterday, and he said to bring it back and he would fix it. I feel a little trepidation over handing it back over, but I think they must have given the job to their newest apprentice the first time. The weld was that bad. I'll give the owner of the shop a chance. Hopefully he'll get it right, or at least not screw up the radiator so bad that I have to buy another one.
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