74 rad help
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From: Chatham On
74 rad help
Good day
so the story goes I have been rebuilding the front end and have the while in there thing going on.
so I am now down to putting in the new rad support had it all in and the rad will not drop down into the cradles.
So I went and pulled it all out again and pre-fit it. Seems as though the rad is a little wider at the tank rails then the cradle and rubbers. 1 side will sit on top of the rubber side instead of dropping into the center.
My old support has 1 side altered and has just a flat section instead of the original cradle so I can not get a measurement to see if the support is out or the rad is wrong.
Any one out there have a measurement across the rad tanks rails?
I am getting 28.5 in from outside to outside of the tank rails.
My cradle seems to be 28 1/4 ish from outside to outside.
Would need to be 27 3/4 center to center.
Just trying to figure out if I am modifying the cradle on the support or seeing if I can have the rad changed or I am looking for a rad???
Thanks
so the story goes I have been rebuilding the front end and have the while in there thing going on.
so I am now down to putting in the new rad support had it all in and the rad will not drop down into the cradles.
So I went and pulled it all out again and pre-fit it. Seems as though the rad is a little wider at the tank rails then the cradle and rubbers. 1 side will sit on top of the rubber side instead of dropping into the center.
My old support has 1 side altered and has just a flat section instead of the original cradle so I can not get a measurement to see if the support is out or the rad is wrong.
Any one out there have a measurement across the rad tanks rails?
I am getting 28.5 in from outside to outside of the tank rails.
My cradle seems to be 28 1/4 ish from outside to outside.
Would need to be 27 3/4 center to center.
Just trying to figure out if I am modifying the cradle on the support or seeing if I can have the rad changed or I am looking for a rad???
Thanks
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From: Chatham On
A quick update.
Looks like from everything I can find points to the support being correct and rad having a 1/4 to 1/2 inch too wide of a core in it.
No idea how that can happen as it looks correct in all other aspects and seems to be period correct.
Guess I am Rad hunting as I do not want to modify the support at this point.
Looks like from everything I can find points to the support being correct and rad having a 1/4 to 1/2 inch too wide of a core in it.
No idea how that can happen as it looks correct in all other aspects and seems to be period correct.
Guess I am Rad hunting as I do not want to modify the support at this point.
Racer
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From: Leesburg VA
That is my winter 2013/2014 project. What radiator did you buy? I have a small leak in mine and am hopeful I can just get it repaired economically, rather than buy a new one. The radiator support is expensive enough.
John
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For what it is worth...
For what it is worth, I had to play with my radiator to radiator support fit too. I did the same, prefitted the radiator to the radiator support on my 72. I think my support was bent over a little and not square. Might be manufacturing tolerance and or shipping damage. I finally was able to bend it around a little and open up the U groove a little and got it to prefit good. If all else had failed, I would have cut the bracket and rewelded it.
Hope this might help.
Hope this might help.
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Yep looked at all the options. Seems the rad in there measures wide at the core compared to everything I can find on line. Hated the idea of bending or moving a rad support cradle when the thing seems to measure correct and is brand new only to have isues if I need to replace in the future.
Called the rad shop and he will recore the right size but is 300 to 400.
Since I am changing to a 383 or so next year figure for the same cost I can get a 3 core or 4 core Champion in it.
I was going to do the electric fans as well while I am there but from some of the reports I can find the original fan and shroud seem to cool better.
Should be odering a new one this week.
Called the rad shop and he will recore the right size but is 300 to 400.
Since I am changing to a 383 or so next year figure for the same cost I can get a 3 core or 4 core Champion in it.
I was going to do the electric fans as well while I am there but from some of the reports I can find the original fan and shroud seem to cool better.
Should be odering a new one this week.
