I'm my own worst enemy!

[Living The Dream]

I make it through one of the worst Winters with out a freeze issue and I let my guard down for one night for what I thought was Spring weather. Second time in a year almost to the date. You can't fix stupid I guess. Time to invest some money into not being half ass.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I remember last year. Same thing wasn't it? Winter over but one cold Spring night. That's too bad but survivable.

 

[Living The Dream]

I remember last year. Same thing wasn't it? Winter over but one cold Spring night. That's too bad but survivable.

Yes, same thing. Going to pull it out here soon and see if it can be repaired. I've got another heat exchanger coming.

 

[Living The Dream]

If anyone wants to have a race on pulling out heat exchangers I'm game. I'm getting to be kinda of a pro, account of my stupidity for freezing sh!t.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

Don't feel too badly Nick. We had a guy freeze his truck mount every year for eight years. Not just the heat exchanger, but hard freezes that took out his pump and some hoses as well as the heat exchanger some of the time.

His wife had "the real job" in the family, and he begged us to tell her that he spent the money on cleaning tools and hoses each time it happened so she wouldn't know he did it.

 

[Living The Dream]

Don't feel too badly Nick. We had a guy freeze his truck mount every year for eight years. Not just the heat exchanger, but hard freezes that took out his pump and some hoses as well as the heat exchanger some of the time.

His wife had "the real job" in the family, and I begged us to tell her that he spent the money on cleaning tools and hoses each time it happened so she wouldn't know he did it.

Yikes! I'm 25% there. On the plus side I think I'm going to make your class!

 

[Jim Pemberton]

I'll look forward to seeing you there!

We got below freezing over the weekend here, and I wouldn't be surprised if a few of my customers had the same surprise as you did.

 

[Cleanworks]

You really need a good system to protect your truck. Both of mine get parked in an underground parkade, never freezes. We have a lot of guys with frozen trucks here. Our climate is pretty moderate but the temperature fluctuates by elevation and proximity to the ocean. It can be 34 degrees in one location and 24 degrees 3 miles away. Listening to the weather reports doesn't always give you the correct info for your area.

 

[Jimmy L]

JB weld or a little solder fix that?

 

[Living The Dream]

JB weld or a little solder fix that?

To much pressure. It has to be brazed.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

October and April are the worst Winter months sometimes.

 

[Old Coastie]

To much pressure. It has to be brazed.

Used to fix those all the time on ships.
Drain the system below the break.
Unsweat the U, clean and sweat a new one on. 15 minutes.

For awkward ones, gently tap back into shape. Clean with acid. Flux. Wrap with fluxed copper wire. Solder. 40 minutes.