ls radiator in 79 truck

[4x4k30]

I am trying to save a few bucs I have a radiator out of a 2005 Yukon thinking about using it in my 79 k30 has anybody used one in there ls swaped vechile 73-87 truck ? I know I will have to do some rigging but like to get a few ideals if any one else has done this

[mongocanfly]

is there something wrong with the k30 radiator?.....its plenty good for a LS....

[4x4k30]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

is there something wrong with the k30 radiator?.....its plenty good for a LS....

well no my 79 sat for a couple years with the engine out of it. the cheap fine china aluminum $200 radiator I bought when I did the ls swap in the 77 started leaking so I took the radiator out of the 79 and put it in my 77 I had to buy to a cheap radiator because my son sold the orginal 77 one for scrap I have a 6.0 ready to drop in the 79 now but with no radiator I have 3 ls radiators sitting around from other junk so I am gona try to put one of them in I think its gona work been out today foolin with it I think i may be able to make it work .

[cdub2010]

I used just about everything from the donor 2004 2500hd. Radiator fit great with a few cup style mounts welded into the bottom core support along with 2 nuts welded into the top. Trans lines, and stock cooler fit great as well as stock radiator pipes. No issues with the stock fan, just need to fab up a shroud. I had no original parts worth reusing from my '77 hence using the newer stuff.

[4x4k30]

Originally Posted by cdub2010

I used just about everything from the donor 2004 2500hd. Radiator fit great with a few cup style mounts welded into the bottom core support along with 2 nuts welded into the top. Trans lines, and stock cooler fit great as well as stock radiator pipes. No issues with the stock fan, just need to fab up a shroud. I had no original parts worth reusing from my '77 hence using the newer stuff.

well that's good to know it will work I always find out later that my rigging does not work like rigging in the radiator before the engine goes in and nothing lines up rite.. I used all the mounts from the 02 Tahoe a/c condenser to make some radiator mounts and used some spring bushings instead of the bottom round mounts they fit good in the old rad. channel and I tapped out the bottom mount to drill a hole thru the rad. chanel and by luck when I set the rad. down one of the inner fender bolts lined rite up and the spring bushings will hold it in without having to use bolts to bolt it in.

[4x4k30]

most of the parts used to put the in radiator came from junk sitting around that's why I don't throw nuting away