Radiator Shop

Caterpillar 777G Modular Radiator and Aftercoolers Repair and Rebuild

Here’s some pics of a Caterpillar 777G truck radiator with the two aftercoolers. The radiator came in with brass modular cores, or sections. Several of the fins in the cores were deteriorated from external contamination of a corrosive material such as salt. We eneded up replacing all the cores with aluminum replacements from Caterpillar. Both [...]

2024-02-24T04:34:58+00:00February 24th, 2024|Radiator Shop|

Sandvik Crusher Aluminum Bar and Plate Oil Cooler Cleaning and Repairing

Here’s some before & after pics of an aluminum oil cooler off of a Sandvik crusher. This cooler is an all aluminum unit with a bar-and-plate style core. We cleaned the cooler of all the external debris & contamination. We then reverse flushed it internally. After it was all clean inside & out we proceeded [...]

2024-02-22T06:16:24+00:00February 22nd, 2024|Radiator Shop|

Custom Copper Brass All Metal Radiator Repairing, Rebuilding and Manufacturing Recore

Here’s some pics of an all metal copper & brass radiator we’re building. The core is a newly manufactured piece that we are soldering the brass tanks onto to. After all the soldering is completed we will pressure test the radiator to make sure it has no leaks. 5435 Desert Point Dr. Las Vegas, Nv. [...]

2024-02-20T06:34:58+00:00February 20th, 2024|Radiator Shop|

Caterpillar 777G Modular Radiator and Aluminum Compressor Oil Cooler Repairing

Here’s some pics of a couple jobs we picked up while out on a road trip. On the back of the flatbed is a Caterpillar 777G modular radiator that has lived in a corrosive environment & needs some TLC. On the front of the flatbed is an aluminum bar-and-plate compressor oil cooler that is leaking [...]

2024-02-15T05:24:49+00:00February 15th, 2024|Radiator Shop|

Caterpillar 7C8627 Standby Generator Genset Solder Together Radiator Rod and Repair

Here’s some before & after pics of a Caterpillar standby generator radiator we did a rod & repair to. The inside of this radiator was heavily rusted & corroded as many genset radiators are from mostly sitting without running. It also had some leaks. We completely disassembled it & cleaned the tubes & headers of [...]

2024-02-13T04:54:19+00:00February 13th, 2024|Radiator Shop|

Caterpillar 793C Mining Haul Truck Folded Core Radiator Repair and Rebuilding

Here’s some pics of a Caterpillar 793C mining haul truck radiator we're finishing up rebuilding. All sixty of the individual folded radiator cores, or sections, have each received a rod and repair as well as individually pressure tested. The radiator is now completely assembled & getting pressure tested as a complete assembly. 5435 Desert Point [...]

2024-02-10T00:35:31+00:00February 10th, 2024|Radiator Shop|

Garbage Truck Radiator With Crankhole or Crankbox For PTO

Here’s some pics of an industrial bolt-on radiator we did up for a garbage truck. The hole in the radiator core is called a crankhole, or crankbox, for the PTO (power take-off) driveshaft to pass through. 5435 Desert Point Dr. Las Vegas, Nv. 89118 Ph: (702) 649-2366 or (702) 649-0648 Fax: (702) 649-4133 www.MotorMission.com Facebook.com/MotorMission [...]

2024-02-08T00:24:06+00:00February 8th, 2024|Radiator Shop|

JCB 8042 Forklift Industrial Copper and Brass Radiator Rebuild

Here’s some pics of a JCB 8042 Forklift radiator we overhauled. The radiator is an all metal unit with a copper & brass core, brass inlet (top) & outlet (bottom) tanks & steel side braces. The core has six rows of staggered tubes. After disassembling the radiator we boiled the core in our ultrasonic & [...]

2024-02-06T04:24:20+00:00February 6th, 2024|Radiator Shop|

Caterpillar 3412 CuproBraze Aftercooler Cleaning and Pressure Testing

Here’s some pics of a cuprobrazed aftercooler for a 3412 Caterpillar engine. These aftercoolers typically come in for cleaning & pressure testing during engine rebuilds. We machine our own test plugs for pressure testing these types of coolers so we can test them not only at low pressure but very high pressures as well. 5435 [...]

2024-02-03T05:36:26+00:00February 3rd, 2024|Radiator Shop|

Caterpillar 793C 2W5540 Folded Radiator Cores Rebuilding

Here’s some before, during & after pics of some Caterpillar number 2W-5540 folded radiator cores we're rebuilding. This set is out of a 793C haul truck radiator which takes sixty of these 2W5540 cores. Each core has two brass tanks which we remove for rodding out the tubes to give each section a complete rod [...]

2024-02-01T04:24:13+00:00February 1st, 2024|Radiator Shop|