I decided to go over to an aluminum radiator that had an intercooler and oil cooler attached to it. I removed the intercooler since i do not need it at this point.
I used one square foot of aluminum. 1/2" plate. Cut it in half and welded it together. So it was 1 inch thick overall. The lower mount to the truck is 12" x 5". Drilled and tapped the aluminum plate to 1/2"-20 then welded the plate to the radiator. No spool gun so i used my stick welder and 1/8" 4043 rods
As far as hoses go. I got two reducers from napa # 903. I used a few take off hoses i had laying around as well as a upper cross pipe and i cut it down to make the bends work. Basically i used 2 housing to heat exchanger hoses to make the drivers side bend work. The passengers lower i just cut the original hose and slipped the pipe in place.
Upper mount is just 1/8" 1"x1" angle 4 bolts to the upper radiator lip that was on it using 1/4" bolts. The two upper mount plate bolts are 5/16". I had to cut the upper mount where the shroud bolt together piece is to allow it to sit further forward in the slot.
Shrould bolts to the upper lip the mount angle iron bolts to. I had to cut the entire lower lip off the shroud to be flush with the protruding of the shroud. Then i drilled two holes thru the lower flat inside piece of the shroud that had the flat lip of the radiator below it to bolt to. All 1/4" x 1" bolts.
Also had to add a plug to the one port on the expansion tank that originally ran to the upper port on the stock radiator.
You also have to cut one of the outlets on the radiator that is a 45 deg and either weld a straight on or just make the hose longer like i did to reach the cut off section.
Yes i put green antifreeze back in it and 2 things of prestone sca additive.
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I used one square foot of aluminum. 1/2" plate. Cut it in half and welded it together. So it was 1 inch thick overall. The lower mount to the truck is 12" x 5". Drilled and tapped the aluminum plate to 1/2"-20 then welded the plate to the radiator. No spool gun so i used my stick welder and 1/8" 4043 rods
As far as hoses go. I got two reducers from napa # 903. I used a few take off hoses i had laying around as well as a upper cross pipe and i cut it down to make the bends work. Basically i used 2 housing to heat exchanger hoses to make the drivers side bend work. The passengers lower i just cut the original hose and slipped the pipe in place.
Upper mount is just 1/8" 1"x1" angle 4 bolts to the upper radiator lip that was on it using 1/4" bolts. The two upper mount plate bolts are 5/16". I had to cut the upper mount where the shroud bolt together piece is to allow it to sit further forward in the slot.
Shrould bolts to the upper lip the mount angle iron bolts to. I had to cut the entire lower lip off the shroud to be flush with the protruding of the shroud. Then i drilled two holes thru the lower flat inside piece of the shroud that had the flat lip of the radiator below it to bolt to. All 1/4" x 1" bolts.
Also had to add a plug to the one port on the expansion tank that originally ran to the upper port on the stock radiator.
You also have to cut one of the outlets on the radiator that is a 45 deg and either weld a straight on or just make the hose longer like i did to reach the cut off section.
Yes i put green antifreeze back in it and 2 things of prestone sca additive.
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