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Post  77f150 April 16th 2012, 10:00 pm

Can anyone offer a recommendation on a drop in quality aluminum radiator for a '77 F150? The old stock rad is near the end of its life and clearance is tight so a drop in would work best but hoping someone can point at a brand they had success with. Thanks.
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Post  kjett April 17th 2012, 8:45 am

Contact Joe Mayab he can hook you up Wink
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Post  lghting94 April 17th 2012, 9:00 am

I went to oreilly auto not to long ago and their stock replacement was an aluminum cores radiator with the plastic tanks
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Post  72puller April 17th 2012, 9:15 am

I put one of those in my pulling truck about 3 years ago, it has worked good and cools better than the old one did.
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Post  77f150 April 17th 2012, 7:27 pm

We don't the O'Reily chain up this way, I'll look into Joe Mayab. Thank-you.
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Post  Danny Cabral April 18th 2012, 4:13 am

This has been a great radiator for me:
http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-20608-bronco-aluminum-radiator-for-manual-trans-.html
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Post  norm April 18th 2012, 7:34 pm

Danny Cabral wrote:This has been a great radiator for me:
http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-20608-bronco-aluminum-radiator-for-manual-trans-.html

this is the one i use,also.
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Post  lghting94 April 18th 2012, 8:39 pm

I am sure that radiator is a great one but I would run down to your local parts store and see what they can get as a stock replacement, I believe most of them have went to the aluminum cores with plastic tanks.
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Post  77f150 April 18th 2012, 8:56 pm

Thank-you for all your help, I'm going to pick-up the #20610 Auto Trans rad from Bronco Graveyard. I have a large auxiliary tranny cooler but was going to use the cooler in the radiator to help. Do you think this is overkill or unnecessary?
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Post  Danny Cabral April 19th 2012, 2:39 am

77f150 wrote:I have a large auxiliary tranny cooler but was going to use the cooler in the radiator to help. Do you think this is overkill or unnecessary?
I believe a cooler in front of the radiator is more than sufficient and plumbing through the radiator's cooler just creates a restriction. (Looks messy too.) The Bronco Graveyard aluminum radiators are very durable and fully soldered (no epoxy). They're made by Heatex and they're high quality.
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Post  77f150 April 19th 2012, 5:10 pm

Thanks Danny!
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