View Full Version : can you get lead from radiators ?
fireaway329
04-23-2009, 10:59 PM
i was just wondering if you can get very much lead from a car radiator?
if you can whats the best way to remove.
briang
04-23-2009, 11:04 PM
There will be some solder in them, not nearly enough to make it worthwhile to remove it.
geargnasher
04-23-2009, 11:12 PM
Try trading your radiators for scrap lead at a salvage yard or just sell them and buy boolit casting alloy from Rotometals or somewhere. "clean" copper/brass radiators with all steel trim/fittings removed bring about $20 here at salvage yards, enough for about 10# of ingots.
Gear
fireaway329
04-23-2009, 11:17 PM
thanks for the reply i always hear people talking about radiator drippings for solder to harden lead.
I was curious how much, but you answered my questions.
geargnasher
04-23-2009, 11:21 PM
"radiator drippings" are what collect as trash in the bottom of the large open-topped vats that radiator men work over. It is about 50/50 tin/lead solder.
Gear.
DLCTEX
04-24-2009, 01:11 AM
Copper or brass radiators are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Most are aluminum and plastic now and the price of a new one is often less than the cost of repairing one.
trevj
04-24-2009, 12:08 PM
Most of the new ones are held together with clips, with plastic tops now anyway.
Gettin' hard to find a radiator shop anymore that can do anything besides order in a new one.
Used to be you had one in about every small town, and most of the guys could build a radiator to suit about anything , or fit about anywhere.
Time marches on...
Cheers
Trev
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