Re: rodding a radiator

[Angus Holliday <trstag@domain.elided>]

At 04:19 PM 3/31/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Sujit,
>	Basically, the radiator is completely dismantled in a "rod out".  The end
tanks
>of the radiator are unsoldered, the core removed from the tanks and positioning
>brackets, and a rod is run through each core tube one by one, pushing out any
>crud that has lodged in each core tube.  Then core tubes are soldered, fins
>straightened, tanks and bracketing soldered back together and the assembly is
>pressure tested.

Generally only one tank is removed when rodding.  The radiator man only
needs access to insert
the rods.  If the other tank doesn't need re-soldered it is left in place.

Walter
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