Radiator Shop

Here’s some pics of some aluminum aftercoolers, or charge-air-coolers, oil coolers & radiators we have in the shop for cleaning, repairing & fin straightening. For cleaning they get steam cleaned, pressure washed & soaked in the ultrasonic. Then it's in the test tanks for pressure testing to identify & mark any leaks. Then it's back [...]

Here’s some pics of a radiator we had in for an overhaul. The radiator is out of a 1945 L29 Weasel which is a pretty neat little tracked vehicle that the military utilized back in the day. Unfortunately the original core had several leaks in it. We ended up recoring the radiator with a new [...]

Here’s some pics of an older GMC water truck radiator that came in for an overhaul. It had a decent amount of debris inside of it. We got the top & bottom tanks cleaned & blasted which has revealed a good amount of pitting & corrosion that has taken place internally. We will have to [...]

Here's some pics of a custom radiator we built for a Jeep Wrangler. We built this radiator out of all metal components. The inlet & outlet tanks are made of steel which are mated, or soldered, to a high efficiency copper & brass core. This all metal radiator replaces the original radiator which has plastic [...]

Here some pics of a Caterpillar 494-4832 aluminum radiator that we had in for a clean, repair & pressure test. The all aluminum radiator is for an 18M grader. The fins externally had a good amount of blockage from fluid leaking that allowed dirt & mud to build up within the fins. We initially cleaned [...]

Here’s some pics of a radiator & an oil cooler we delivered back to one of our mining customers. The radiator is a Caterpillar 785 which is setup as a water truck. It is a folded core style radiator. The oil cooler is an all aluminum compressor cooler for an Atlas Copco, or Epiroc, drill [...]

Here’s some pics of a crankhole bolt-on radiator we did a repair & rebuild to, or what we call, a rod & repair. This radiator has a crankhole, or crank box in it for a PTO (power take-off) to pass through it. We repair & rebuild these radiators for Republic Services, Burrtec & Waste Management [...]

Here’s some pics of a gas tank that came in for cleaning & repair due to rotten & varnished gas inside the tank. We eneded up having to cut the tank apart because the fuel pick-up tube was plugged solid. The internal reservoir at the end of the pick-up tube was plastic & housed a [...]

Here’s some pics of a couple of Caterpillar haul truck radiators we're disassembling for cleaning & repair. The stack of sixty folded radiator cores are for a 793C haul truck. The other radiator is a 793F Mesabi with just about all of its seven hundred & sixty eight tubes removed from the tanks & sideframes [...]

Here’s some pics of an aluminum radiator & oil cooler that we had come in for repairing & rebuilding. They are both off of an Atlas Copco, or Epiroc, PV271 (Pit Viper) drill rig. We got them both cleaned up inside & out, repaired & pressure tested with no leaks. They are now ready for [...]