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[heeman10]

I've never been so pleased to see my radiator! It's just come back from Pro Alloy with some of the most beautiful ally welding I've ever seen. They had to cut two little inspection hatches in the end tanks (one either end) to weld up the two damaged tubes in my radiotor. The hatches were then welded back in, and the radiator pressure tested. Check out the quality of this work:









They also welded new mounting tabs on the top face too. My previous ones were in the wrong position, so the radiator was held in place only by the hoses. They held it very securely, but if I pulled away using the clutch is such a way that it juddered, the radiator would be free to jump up and down a bit, which wasn't very nice. Now the tabs are in the right place it can be solidly mounted using the OE arrangement



So huge thanks to Wayne at Pro Alloy. First rate customer service, I don't think any more needs to be said about the quality of his work! It's been pressure tested and is good to go again. The loss of two tubes shouldn't leave me with any cooling difficulties. Just waiting for my gearbox cradle and I can stick the whole lot back together again!

[musicdrummer42]

wow that's some welding! bet it took ages to master that

[chris-fiesta]

looks like a pukka job

[onslack]

looks like they did a really good job

[j7aoc]

Nice one what left for TRAX now

[~Tony~]

having been a fabricator myself thats very easy to tell that that is exceptional tig welding.

top quality stuff.

was it a pro alloy rad to begin with????

[j7aoc]

No i think it was Radtec

[heeman10]

j7aoc - Going away for the weekend in about 20 mins, back on Sunday evening. Will take the other lower arm off that night if I'm not too knackered, then stick the new ones on on Monday. Still don't have my gearbox cradle, so can't finish everything up till that arrives. If it's not here by Wednesday I'll have to go into panic mode as I need time to book in to sort the camber and tracking then put some miles on it all before Trax to make sure all is well. I'd guess I have about 4 hours of work to do before Trax

Tony - Having seen one or two people weld I can say the same thing Would like to see someone Mig like that! It's a Radtec radiator, but I didn't fancy the slog of getting in touch with them and getting it delivered on time etc. Sent it to Pro Alloy late on Tuesday, they got it on Wednesday, welded it up...but hit a snag and just missed the post, so posted it out Thursday and I got it back today. You cannot fault them in any way

[j7aoc]

Heeman what will we do if your not whoring it about on here Have a nice weekend keep out of trouble and the all male clubs

[Richard_xr2i1800]

Looks very good, pro alloys bits are so well made my rad and intercooler looked amazing

Rich

[~Tony~]

i know a couple of people who can tig weld like that.

as for the time scale of that its very very good. cant fault it.

[sexy-aRSe]

There top boys at pro And the finish on there products are better than any on other i have seen I couldn't beleive how nice my rad was Alex wants to sell his now and get a pro one

[DaveZetec]

that makes me want to learn to tig weld, properly.


hmmmmmm, wonder where I can do a course?

Spiffing radiator heeman, and repaired ingeniously, I hadn't thought of doing that!

spose it loses you 5/10% cooling area though? can't that being much of a worry with that monstrosity!
dave

[FRS_Steve]

Quality work, nice to see its been sorted out so quickly

[heeman10]

j7aoc - Hope you didn't miss me

Faye - Know what you mean! I was tempted to ask them to knock me a radiator up, but I've totally customised mine and didn't have time, so just settled for a repair.

DaveZetec - There are 30-32 rows in my rad, so I'm only losing about 6% of the cooling, though the two sealed tubes still work as a heat soak with all the fins around them...it shouldn't be a problem though, no

Steve - What's the crack with these Escorts?

[FRS_Steve]

Black one has gone, silver one is still there, its a 1.6 LX or something, around 60k on it, theres no tax but may be an MOT.

Unfortunately its got 'slight' damage to n/s front corner (needs bumper and headlamp)

Let me know if your still interested in it and I'll find out how much it is and check condition of the tyres, brakes, suspension exhaust etc...

[heeman10]

I'm looking at 300 quid with MOT and at least 6 months tax. If you think it'd be more, it's not worth looking any further. Thanks

[pro alloy motorsport]

heeman10
you are welcome chap..
as for the welding.. I just do it occasionally nowadays,in between the admin and answering the phones.....our full time welders are much better than me and woud have done a neater job!!!!
hope it all works well for you.
kind regards
wayne

[heeman10]

Well next time don't skimp and leave me with this lumpy mess! I want welds I can eat my food off....without cutlery! Very pleased it with it Wayne, I secretly hope it happens again and the rad's damaged beyond repair so I have to buy one of yours

[pro alloy motorsport]

Well next time don't skimp and leave me with this lumpy mess! I want welds I can eat my food off....without cutlery! Very pleased it with it Wayne, I secretly hope it happens again and the rad's damaged beyond repair so I have to buy one of yours