Radiator repair & recore
Rod-out, re-core, and new-unit swaps for copper-brass and aluminum-plastic radiators. We still re-core the old heavy stuff a lot of shops will not touch.
Radiator repair →
What we handle
Cooling work, start to finish — under one roof
We are a cooling-system shop first. That means the radiator and everything that lives around it: the pump that moves the coolant, the thermostat that decides when, the fans, the hoses, the heater core under your dash, and the A/C condenser bolted out front.
Water pumps & thermostats
The two parts behind most "it runs hot in traffic" complaints. We pressure-test before and after so you are not back in a week chasing the same gauge.
Pumps & stats →Heater cores & no-heat
Foggy windshield, sweet smell, no heat in January — usually the heater core. Dash-out jobs included, and yes, we tell you the honest number up front.
Heater work →A/C condensers & coolant
Condenser replacement, full coolant flushes, and the once-a-year check that keeps a small leak from stranding you on I-275 in August.
A/C & flushes →Overheating diagnosis
Before we sell you a part, we find out why it got hot — air pocket, bad fan clutch, head gasket, or just forty years of sludge. Diagnosis fee rolls into the repair.
How we diagnose →Fleet, farm & industrial
Box trucks, dump beds, skid steers, tractors, gensets and compressors. Keep your downtime short — we stock common cores and turn most heavy units around fast.
Fleet & heavy-duty →1984Open on Old SR-74
40+Years, two generations
30k+Cooling jobs logged
12 moWorkmanship warranty
Second generation
Who you are calling
A radiator shop, not a lube chain
Dale Hochman opened Eastgate Radiator in 1984 in a two-bay cinderblock building off State Route 74, back when half the cars on the road still had copper-brass cores you could solder. His son Marcus grew up sweeping that floor and runs the counter today.
We never bolted on tires, oil changes, and brakes to pad the ticket. Cooling is the whole job here, and because it is all we do, we catch things a general shop misses — a collapsing lower hose, a fan clutch that only fails hot, a recall-era plastic tank hairlining at the seam.
“If your radiator can be saved, we will tell you. If it can’t, we will tell you that too — and we won’t pretend otherwise to move a part.”Marcus Hochman, Owner
Read the shop’s story
How a visit goes
Drop it off, get a straight answer
No membership, no app, no "service advisor" upsell script. You bring it in, we look, we call you with a real number before anything gets touched.
Pull in & describe it
Tell us when it runs hot — idling, highway, with the A/C on. The pattern tells us half the story before the hood is even up.
Pressure test & diagnose
We cap-test the system, check the pump, fans and thermostat, and find the actual leak or restriction. Usually same day.
We call with the number
You hear the problem, the fix, and the price in plain English. Nothing moves forward until you say go.
Fixed & road-tested
We bring it up to temp in the lot, confirm it holds, and hand it back with the old parts if you want to see them.
From the neighbors
What people say after the gauge drops
We cool just about anything
Makes & machines we service
Domestic, import, diesel, gas, old iron and new plastic. If it has a cooling system, odds are one has been on our bench.
FordChevrolet / GMCRam / DodgeJeepToyotaHondaNissanSubaruKubotaJohn DeereCase IHBobcatFreightlinerInternationalCummins & diesel gensetsClassics & hot rods