Honeycomb

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: Honeycomb
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By keith d lawson on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 09:24 am:

Radiator guy says mine is shot,rotten ,etc . Wants $ 728 to replace with straight fins . Anyone out there do anything with honeycomb as far as fixing ?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 09:47 am:

I would check a Forum for old MoPars. When it was just a 20 year old car, my '39 Plymouth had a honeycomb rad that had been damaged from an accident where the "floating power six" had floated the fan into the rad. The fix was cauterizing with a soldering iron and lots of solder. It was fine after that.

For $700, I would buy the equipt and learn heavy soldering.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 10:56 am:

There are places that re-core those honeycomb, but it is expensive, less so if you aren't interested in keeping the exact same core.

http://www.classicradiator.com/

On my special bodied Ford, the radiator was special high size honeycomb, but cost to replace was too high, so had a great shop in PA re-core with a more modern core, but they sandwiched a veneer of the original honeycomb on the face to make it 'look' authentic, at least from a distance, and it does have some of the original core now:-)



For a stock look, a new Berg's or Brassworks, while not cheap! would be at least new, a re-core of an old standaard Model T size honeycomb radiator would be much more costly. Most times the header tank or lower tank needs work too, that adds to the labor.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob from Nova Scotia on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 11:48 am:

this is a neat video on youtube that shows just how difficult it really is!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsrvQqwZJPs


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry VanOoteghem on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 11:56 am:

Keith,

As you probably already know, you can buy a new radiator for less than you were quoted for the re-core. I have tried honeycomb style radiators in the past and have never found them to work well. My dad, who drove Model T's for 70+ years, never had much use for them either and always fealt that they didn't cool well. Maybe he and I just never had a good one but, just the same, I think you would be much happier with new radiator.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By keith d lawson on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 01:29 pm:

Rob . Awesome video clip . Thanks ..
Forgot to mention this is on the TT and didn't know if was stock or not . I have couple other finned ones I've got to pull and have pressure checked and hopefully one will work for now . Could honeycomb have been what came from factory or strickly aftermarket ??
Thanks for info .


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Hughes, Raymond, NE on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 02:20 pm:

Keith,

I'm pretty sure that the honeycomb is strictly aftermarket. I don't think Henry ever produced a T or TT with anything other than the finned type radiator.

I would be very careful "pressure testing" any of your Model T radiators. They were not designed for a pressurized system, and you might destroy a good radiator trying to test it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By keith g barrier on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 02:35 pm:

Keith, lot of good advice, I do my own radiator work and as Dan has said honey comb cores are very expensive. I don't think any one in the U.S. even makes it anymore. It was after market for ford, lots more efficient than a tube type IF in good shape but as they can't be rodded out about all you can do is solder up a leak. Good luck, KB


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ted Dumas on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 04:20 pm:

If you are talking a Model T radiator, I think your guy's estimate is about $300 or maybe more high.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By keith d lawson on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 08:11 am:

Not going to be my guy at that price . Did find a good one on an old Hack I found about a year ago . Should get me by for now ..


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Tomaso - Milton,WA on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 09:54 am:

I understand that "honeycomb" core is available and manufactured in Canada.


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