Radiator repair with two part putty

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image.jpgDriving back home on the pot hole infested Illinois roads back from the French Lick MARC meet I was getting a bigger and bigger coolant leak messing up the engine compartment coming from the top tank of the radiator. It was causing missing from wetting the spark plugs as well. One of the travelling guys with me finally noticed that the hood rod bracket had actually broken away from the top radiator tank. The same guy also had a radiator leak on his drive down to the National meet in Texas years ago and he recommended to fix it temporarily with two part epoxy putty stick. Just roll it to get it to activate it and apply. It did the job to get me down the road to home over hundreds of miles. One package of this epoxy putty will now be part of my traveling bag of "on the road" repair items...

We are home now all safe and sound. Great trip, great time at French Lick.....
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[neds29]

Wow, good idea. I'll add it to mine too. Thanks. Ned

[H. L. Chauvin]

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Hi,

FWIW:

Thanks for this information & your experience -- it can help someone in the future with a similar problem.

About 35 years ago I had an old used, yellow Sears Cub Cadet riding lawn mower that a friend "gave" me after he bought a new lawn mower.

When I got it, the centered soldered lap joint on the entire perimeter of this thick steel gas tank was leaking on the bottom, so I went to our then local TG&Y Store with this leaking tank to look for any type of, or brand of new replacement lawn mower gas tank.

The TG&Y manager pulled a similar stick of (2) part grey steel epoxy off of the wall, told me to clean the gas tank's perimeter joint & apply a thin layer of this epoxy on the entire length of the joint -- he then added, that if it did not work & seal the leak, he would give me all of the merchandise he had on display in the store. LOL

About ten (10)) years later, with lots of gas tank vibrations, I gave it to another neighbor who kept it for about another 10 years, & after 20 years this tank joint still did not leak.

Sometimes, many of us senior citizens do not always trust new epoxies too much; but if ever in doubt, just consult with a modern Dentist about new synthetic materials & glues used today in modern Dentistry.