See if you can add some solder to the under side of bracket. then press bracket against tank and heat the bracket pushing it. When solder melts bracket will move against tank. stop heating and hold bracket until solder cools, 1 minute. fixed.
Radiator Mounting Bracket Detached - Need A Quick Fix!
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1965 a friend came to visit in his father’s first new car. Andy came across country on an old road. Crossed the river on the rock ford. Drove into the yard. Short while later he noticed gas dripping. He panicked he was 16.
My dad took a look and said he could fix that. Went into the house, cut a small piece of tanned deer hide and a bar of soap. Had Andy drive into the garage over the pit. He then worked the soap into the leather. Took a sheet metal screw and screwed the patch into the tank. I think Andy’s Dad never knew about it several years later when he traded the car off.
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If you are going to epoxy it, you should use 3m 8115 panel bond and cycle it a few times with a heat gun. The fix I outlined earlier is with a torch. Using the solder that is already on the rail and the tank, only heat the top of the rail. It will suck together and when it cools you are done. That’s what the rad shop would do. Or talk you into a 700$ recore. I’ve removed a lot of epoxy from radiators. It will work for the rail but I wouldn’t fix a hose fitting or hole with it
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the epoxy needs to have good adhesive properties........ panel bond is bad *** stuff and will stick to just about anything, but I never thought about how it would handle the heat........ that being said, modern radiators have plastic tanks bonded with some sort of epoxy
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Do what Fran blacker said and move on. This is a simple fix with a Benzomatic propane torch, solder, and flux. If you epoxy it, fixing it right later on will require cleaning all the epoxy off, which will be a PITA. Do it right or do it twice!
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