Straighten Your Fins
 

Hey guys quick question...I did some searching around and I can't find anything about a place that refurbishes intercoolers(ie straighten the fins, thermal coat)...I know they do this with radiators, anyone know where/if I can get this done? Thanks for your time guys...

You could try these guys based off the info from this thread they might be able to help you out.

Yeah! That was the one I saw, it was only a few days ago and I couldn't find it for my life...thanks for that...

ehh needlenose?

That's a great idea :thumbd: Maybe a needlenose and a sledgehammer?

maddslow, I plan to removed and mail out my oil coolers to those guys referenced by glassman within the next month. I'll let you know how it goes.

I used a small pick and carefully combed out the fins of my oil coolers. It was pretty tedious the first time, now I do it once a year or so just to the ones that are bent. Maybe five minutes a side. Not as good as a refurbish, but......:dunno:

Its not your fault your short. Blame your parents.

What you got against short people? We breathe less polluted air plus we fit better in FD's!

Fins Straightener
 

Eastwood Company sells a fin rake for radiators, condensers, etc. not sure why wouldn't work on an IC? It has six different spacings, for like 13 bucks. They also sell the pliers or the whole set.

http://eastwood.resultspage.com/sear...s=custom&w=fin

Travis

:rlaugh: nice

That thing on the Eastwood site is pretty cool.

Thanks, I'd appreciate that...

Sure, just like it's not your fault you know jack shit about these cars, and also have the grammar comprehension of a 7 year old.

I used a toothpick for my FMIC. It took a while but it got the job done.

Lol! How many days did that take? :doughboy:

NOTE: You can get the same tool from Harborfreight for like $4.

I used a thin flat head screw driver last time i reinstalled in IC

Rich,

Are you real short?

If so that's cool I'm 6'4" and would like to be a few inches shorter. I got the shoulder lean w/helmet + FD + sunroof.

I like short people. There like early warning fart alarms. Some one farts there the first ones to holler. (-:

When I repaired the fins on my oil cooler and IC, I used two thin bladed flathead screw drivers, one on both sides of the bent fin. It worked great. You can't even tell which ones were bent.

worked for me too.... But those tools on eastwood and harborfrieght look like it would make the job a lil quicker/easier...

5 foot 6, 185. I picked up powerlifting as a hobby and have been packing on the pounds :icon_tup:

Link?

I really searched their site hard and couldnt find a link. I walked into their store down here and bought one so thats how I know they have it. It really does work well though. You first have to go over the whol IC and straighten the "big" dents with screw drivers. Then you quickly jam the Harborfreight tool in everywhere and it makes it completely uniform again.

It looks like Harbor Freight discontinued it so:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...line&scoring=p

http://www.handsontools.com/store/sh...roduct_id=1013
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...p?Ntt=fin+comb