Radiator Shop Plug

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   Pun intended lol. But seriously, for anyone in the central NY area i.e. Utica, a shop called Syracuse Radiator at 167 Taft Ave in Frankfort just across the county line from Utica. The radiator in my 6140 had leaked since I bought the tractor. I brought it to a friend last year, he soldered up the few small pin holes in the upper tank that he found but it was leaking again within a week and progressively worsened. Last week I took it to Richard at Syracuse Radiator, lots of people recommended him. Business has been in the family well over 100 years. He looked it over, asked me the story, he said probably whoever soldered it used too much heat and opened up soldered areas near to what they were doing. I brought it in on Wednesday, on Thursday he called to say it was all set. Just what he thought was wrong, the other guy used too much heat and loosened up the neck on top tank. He apologized for having to charge his minimum of one hour labor, hourly rate $60. I asked how much it would've been to recore, he said yikes, I wouldn't want to know, I said yes I do... "Well, I'm sorry to say, it would be right close to $200." Considering that new ones can't be found (he looked ahead of time to cross-reference in case it couldn't be repaired) for any price, and a used one from Heitman would run me $375 + $70 shipping, that's seems a steal to me.
Anyways, if you're around the area, he's top notch. Little shop but he gets it done. Mostly farm tractors these days. And for the first time, what a pleasure to work a full day without having to be on edge about coolant loss. After only 2-3 hours work before, it would lose almost a half gallon. Stop cool down, add coolant, resume work. Stupid way to work. I only wish I'd gone sooner, especially if I'd known how inexpensive and how high quality his work would be.

So that's my plug. I hope it benefits you AND him.
 - Tim

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