Hi Richard,
I thought because it is only soldered on that it would be easy to
replace. Half of the badge is already loose .. probably from the heat
applied to take the top tank off the core. If I don't find a suitable
replacement I will attempt what you have done. I would probably opt to
use JB weld because of it's higher strength, heat resistance and I've
found it easier to mold into shape during the curing stage (using a bit
of water and smoothing tools).
Cheers,
John
Richard Bittmann wrote:
> John,
> I was faced wth the same issue. I decided to "restore" it. Because
> it is stamped steel soldered to brass it will be hard to remove &
> replace if you could even find one at all. I glass bead blasted my
> radiator (with the new core covered with plastic laminate to protect
> it). Then I carefully used bondo to fill in the rusted out areas. I
> think only a couple of the letters were affected so it wasn't too hard
> to fix it. The flat areas had rusted out. You would have to look
> really close to detect that it has been fixed.
> Richard Bittmann BJ7 Tacoma
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