air conditioner radiators

this is how I used to do it. Keep in mind I am an amateur scrapper & had to figure it out on my own. It was very labor intensive.

I did it a bit @ss-backwards though. I would put it in a vice, cut down the inside of the steel sides thru the copper pipes to remove the copper ends (like I said.. I did this the idiot way instead of the smarter way... to cut the copper tube ends off on the outside of the steel sides, then yank or bend the steel sides off), then I would take a box cutter & cut down the sides of the copper tubes though the aluminum..... then i took a steel rod & put it in the tops of the copper tubes & pull them thru the aluminum fins. Like I said... very labor intensive. Anymore I just refuse to do that. I now cut the copper tube ends off, remove the steel ends & then turn in the radiator with the copper tubes still inside the fins. If I had the guts to use cutting tools I would use them to cut the tubes out of the aluminum fins.