Radiator Issues

[crazy4wdracer]

On my 87 6.9 a couple nights ago the fan went through the radiator. I think this happened because the vac pump came loose and bent the **** out of the fins. I made it home fine, watching the temp gauge but it never got very hot. I found a used radiator out of an 89 7.3 box truck which I assume is auto transmission. Would this work in my truck? I'm just going to straighten the fins on the fan.

Thanks!

 

[Goofyexponent]

Was it a cube van or a truck with a cube box on it? If it has teh same front clip as your truck it will bolt right in.

If it was a van front end...you could make it work, but it might not be so fun. Me and BigRigTech already looked at this possibility. It looks like it can be done no problem, but a little cutting and drilling.

 

[OLDBULL8]

I'm just going to straighten the fins on the fan.

It will probably wobble or shake like hell. It may even come off "unscrew" and go thru the radiator when stopping the engine. If your gonna do that, make sure you use some loc-tite BLUE on the threads when reinstalling it. If you can get the radiator get the fan also.

Depending on how much coolant leaked out, if there wasn't any by the temp sensor, you wouldn't know how hot the engine got.

 

[poppop]

What part of Pa are you in?I will give you a fan.

 

[crazy4wdracer]

I'm near Butler, PA. Straightening the fins might not be such a great idea...I will probably try to find a fan at the junkyard or something. Thanks!

 

[bike-maker]

I believe the radiators for manual / auto trans are identical. On the manual trucks, they just plug off the trans cooler section on the bottom of the radiator. That's how my original radiator was.
As someone recently pointed out, this makes a nice heater to run your fuel through for burning WMO/WVO.

 

[icanfixall]

As posted above... Don't use the bent fan even if you feel you can straighten it out. Getting a differant pitch in any of the blades will cause all kinds of vibration ..... That will ruin the bearings in the water pump. A fan is easy to find on any wrecking yard motors. Sometimes you can find them already removed because someone wanted the clutch of the radiater....

 

[Shaguardriver]

I have a wide radiator I think 37 inches at the top if you are interested. I am in Michigan though.

 

[crazy4wdracer]

It would probably be too expensive to ship from Michigan because these radiators are heavy! I'm trying to find one local, there are several trucks being parted out and I contact the people and they won't contact me back.

icanfixitall- Thanks, I didn't think about the water pump bearings.

 

[crazy4wdracer]

Will an OBS powerstroke radiator work? I can't find a IDI radiator at a good price used.

 

[icanfixall]

No.. they turn the other direction... I tried that once but it didn't work.