Inexpensive Radiator I Need One.

[Loose Screw]

I need a cheap one just to move the vehicle around my property.
I don't know too much about radiators. My truck is automatic and I'm thinking the transmission cooler is attached to the front of the radiator. Whatever that it is that is not leaking. But I do see drops of coolant on the ground and on the bottom rail support.

Maybe I'll still use that external cooler if that's what it is or go right radiator into the new radiator if that what the threaded (2) holes on the right side of most radiators are for.

Anyway I'm looking at those Chinese radiators on Amazon that are under $200. Any of you guys usin anything like that? What's your recommendation.

And yes I one day I will get the one in it now recored.

TIA

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[1970 CST Short Wide]

Why not just rebuild now. It may not need to be re cored. A Good Rad shop will clean it out and seal any leak for about what you’d pay for one of those cheap junk ones
Just my 2c

[geezer#99]

Do you have a catch can for the coolant or just an overflow tube?

[RustyPile]

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X2 what CST Short said

[AussieinNC]

I would have the original one repaired.

The fluid on the cross member may be from lack of overflow tube.
The trans cooler should be plumbed through the radiator then the cooler then back to the trans.
Perhaps the cooler was leaking water into the trans and it was bypassed. That slow leak from cooler fittings may be the cause of your water on the cross member. Put two screw in plugs in the radiator cooler ports and pressure test the system to identify where the leaks are coming from.

The Aftermarket ones seem to only last 12 months or so, especially if its aluminum...

[Steeveedee]

If you are only running it for a few minutes to change the truck's location, just make a connection between the upper and lower radiator hoses, with the radiator removed. Filled with water, of course.