Henry - 1984 C10

[aggie91]

Its been a while since we did anything on the truck. Owen has been driving it and enjoying it for a good while now. Recently it started overheating and boiling out the coolant. No real signs of a leak initially. We just made sure he had extra jugs of water on hand in the bed it something happened.

We initially changed the hoses and thermostat, helped for a bit but not long after it started again...Finally he and I were out to dinner one evening when I walked by the front of his truck and heard a hissing noise when he shut it off. Popped the hood and sure enough, there is a leak about 3" down from the top of the radiator where the tubes/fins go into the tank. Bad radiator. Not bad for the OE coper/brass radiator, it looks like it had never been out of the truck in its lifetime.

Got on line and ordered a Spectra Premium CU730 radiator off of Amazon, with Prime membership, it was the cheapest price and would be delivered on Sunday, also got new rubber pads and a new cap.

Torn down the truck and swapped it out, easy job, but I knew I would have to modify the upper hold down brackets as this new radiator is thicker. Not a big deal, but its all in and no leaks.

Site won't let me upload pics, will have to do that next time...