83ford
ford diesel baby
can short wides still be bought.ill need a new one when my trucks done.ive gotta tall rad from a 92 but would rather use a short wide
short wide radiator
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swervyjoe
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Looks like Rockauto has them.
lindstromjd
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Just out of curiosity... why? The short-wide means you wouldn't be able to use a/c if your truck is equipped with it. And being down here in Arkansas, you're a brave man if you don't ride around with a/c.
riotwarrior
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Why do you want a wide short one when you have a tall narrow one already? The tall ones are larger capacity just so you know!
GOOSE
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Conestoga Diesel found a good source for aluminium radiators and is selling them now. The price is very competitive and the radiator is built very well all the way around. Travis had one put in his truck and I got to take a peek at it at the rally. I think his may have been the wide one too.
Performance radiator is what Conestoga Diesel is selling I believe. Pretty well known company and I think they have a pretty good warranty.
The tall ones are somewhere around 350, the wide, short ones are about 500. I know what I would do.
The tall ones are somewhere around 350, the wide, short ones are about 500. I know what I would do.
riotwarrior
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after measuring the two and sitting them side by side and so forth the tall one is about 20% larger overall dimensionally!
Just saying....
Al
Just saying....
Al
83ford
ford diesel baby
that's what the truck came with.and it has a/c.im just wondering if you could still buy them.we haven't decided if we wanna use the tall one or not .im not sayin I wont use that one just not shure yet
btw im 15 so go easy on me if I ask a stupid question.
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If you have the core support for the short/wide you can't install the tall one without the matching core.
83ford
ford diesel baby
ok thanks.the short wide is factory so ive got the core support for it.but not for the tall one because it was rusted out when we got it and the engine.
83ford
ford diesel baby
ok ive gotta nother question.would a brake booster from a 91 f250 gasser work on mine.it was a stick.my booster is froze solid from my truck going through 2 floods a few years ago.the booster look the same.i may mean something else besides brakebooster.its what the master cylinder hooks to.
I don't think an 84-87, 88 power booster is even the same as yours. I would be looking under the hood of that f450 and seeing if I couldn't steal a hydroboost setup 
Power boosters are pretty reasonably priced. Around $60 for a rebuilt one.
edit to add. Can't hurt to try the later model one. When I was young and had energy ....
Power boosters are pretty reasonably priced. Around $60 for a rebuilt one.edit to add. Can't hurt to try the later model one. When I was young and had energy ....
83ford
ford diesel baby
I don't think an 84-87, 88 power booster is even the same as yours. I would be looking under the hood of that f450 and seeing if I couldn't steal a hydroboost setup
edit to add. Can't hurt to try the later model one. When I was young and had energy ....[/Q
hahaha.I'm leavin that alone.that's next on the Todo list is to fix it.I don't think there the same either but if I go to the shop to put my power steering pump on tommorrow I'm gonna check it out.alittle off topic but a master cylinder was 18 bucks.the one on my burnt Chevy was almost 50.gotta love the old fords
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