Sorry about the spelling.
I bow to your superior talents and experience, I will try to be more concise.
I have a nice 4 core radiator which acquired a dent in the upper right end tank, it is approximately 2" across the top and 2.5" down the face or the side facing the front of the truck it goes in about 1/2 an inch in a convex manner.
My concern is work hardening of the metal (brass) this can cause a week point and or blow out of my radiator.
I also discovered a crack next to the upper outlet. Between the the outlet and the core on the inner side.
should I use heat and or a Wood block to try and straighten the tank. I can go through outlet.
or can you refer me to a supplier so I can buy an end tank. I don' want to replace it if I can get away with a repair.
And thank you for the aluminum rad reference but I have all but zero income. I'm working mostly with spare parts and left over materials, solder, flux,from my, re-plumbing of a bath room, copper tubing.
Just a note, This does give me an excuse to learn radiator repair !!!
Kind of cool even though I it's not really what I wanted to do this week or month, I just want my one ton 4x4 running!!!
It can haul a lot, the truck used to have a boom basket in the utility bed. springs are really stacked 5 on the helpers and 12 leaves on the mains.
Thank you for your time
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