Lately, I've had the pleasure of driving my four door around quite a bit...Why I let it sit so long over the winter months is unbeknownst to me...At first I had to get the electrical gremlins straitened out: https://www.trifive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=218772
Once that was over, it was clear sailing for a while...Then some minor coolant leaks cropped up....One was the POS chrome thermostat housing....I tossed it in the trash in favor of a new, cast iron, Dorman unit and that little problem was solved.
Next, was the fluid that I saw at the bottom of the shroud....I narrowed that down to the radiator itself...Not a surprise, since it was an original Harrison unit, part number 3136158....That equates to a 56, 6 cylinder radiator...However, at some point, the flange had been unsoldered and reversed to the 6 cylinder position...Why, I don't know...Anyway, to compensate for that the PO had fabricated some brackets and welded them to the core support.
I wanted to return things back to original, so first I ordered a Cold Case, V8 radiator...Mounting it was kind of a pain, since modifications had been made to the core support....First I cut off the brackets...Then I had to use my Dremel tool with a cut-off wheel to unblock the core support, flange holes.
Once that was done, things went along pretty smoothly. until I went to install the shroud back on...It would no longer go between the core support and the radiator flange, so I altered it slightly to go around the support...Mission accomplished
Once that was over, it was clear sailing for a while...Then some minor coolant leaks cropped up....One was the POS chrome thermostat housing....I tossed it in the trash in favor of a new, cast iron, Dorman unit and that little problem was solved.
Next, was the fluid that I saw at the bottom of the shroud....I narrowed that down to the radiator itself...Not a surprise, since it was an original Harrison unit, part number 3136158....That equates to a 56, 6 cylinder radiator...However, at some point, the flange had been unsoldered and reversed to the 6 cylinder position...Why, I don't know...Anyway, to compensate for that the PO had fabricated some brackets and welded them to the core support.
I wanted to return things back to original, so first I ordered a Cold Case, V8 radiator...Mounting it was kind of a pain, since modifications had been made to the core support....First I cut off the brackets...Then I had to use my Dremel tool with a cut-off wheel to unblock the core support, flange holes.
Once that was done, things went along pretty smoothly. until I went to install the shroud back on...It would no longer go between the core support and the radiator flange, so I altered it slightly to go around the support...Mission accomplished