'79 radiator in 80's truck? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

kevinr1970 · 05-18-2006, 05:29 PM

I bought a brand new HD 4 core radiator for my Suburban I ended up parting out. I only put about 1000-1500 miles on it.
I tried putting it in my '81 GMC Jimmy but it was taller so the upper mounts wouldn't work.
Does anyone know if this will actually fit and clear the hood if I fabbed up some brackets or is this a lost cause?

beaterC10 · 05-19-2006, 06:52 AM

You should be able to get the required brackets and shroud from the dealer. I believe the 4 core radiator was primarily used with big block trucks.

You normally can't find the shrouds and mounts around in here in a junk yard since most pull the engine and trans first thing and destroy a lot of underhood stuff while doing the pull.

05-18-2006, 05:29 PM	#1
kevinr1970 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 2,316	'79 radiator in 80's truck? I bought a brand new HD 4 core radiator for my Suburban I ended up parting out. I only put about 1000-1500 miles on it. I tried putting it in my '81 GMC Jimmy but it was taller so the upper mounts wouldn't work. Does anyone know if this will actually fit and clear the hood if I fabbed up some brackets or is this a lost cause? __________________ 2009 Honda Fit CfC (bsf 44.9 mpg) 2000 Tahoe Limited 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 2wd, will end up swb, not dually and replace CCswb below 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 4x4, just going to fix things up for now 1982/1989 K5/GMC Jimmy 2wd 1987 GMC 1/2 ton swb 2wd Crew (sold)

05-19-2006, 06:52 AM	#2
beaterC10 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,277	Re: '79 radiator in 80's truck? You should be able to get the required brackets and shroud from the dealer. I believe the 4 core radiator was primarily used with big block trucks. You normally can't find the shrouds and mounts around in here in a junk yard since most pull the engine and trans first thing and destroy a lot of underhood stuff while doing the pull.



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