Brick Nose Core Support
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Brick Nose Core Support
I've been looking for a replacement (new) rad core support for my truck (89 F350). I appears LMC (and others) have it however the only ones listed for a diesel say "without air". My truck has air. Does anyone know the difference between with air and without? Could I modify one without air?
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LMC core supports ARE NOT FOR DIESELS. Period. They will gladly sell it to you under the guise that it is, and then expect you to pay for return shipping when you realize it doesn't fit.
The ONLY place to get them is OEM parts or junkyard parts.
The ONLY place to get them is OEM parts or junkyard parts.
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Where are you guys from, anyway? I MIGHT be able to get a hold of some Southern, rust-free supports down here, but it's going to come down to how much you want to spend in shipping.
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I ordered my core rad support off lmc for one of my trucks and from carquest canada fir my other truck, they both don't have a/c tho, but the cores did fit prefect, the guy who said the ones that list w no ac won't fit any ways is wrong both of mine fit prefect on both of my trucks, idk anything about finding one for the ones with ac tho
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no ac core supports are for 460 trucks, and diesels without air conditioning.
the difference is that a no ac diesel uses a smaller radiator than a diesel with factory air
the difference is that a no ac diesel uses a smaller radiator than a diesel with factory air
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I ordered a radiator support off LMC for one of my trucks, and one from Carquest Canada for my other truck. Neither has a/c. The cores did fit; so the guy who said the ones that list with no a/c won't fit anyways is wrong. Both of mine fit perfect on both of my trucks. I don't know anything about finding one for the ones with a/c though.
As much as I'd like to say that your truck probably doesn't have the correct radiator in it if those gas supports worked, I can't. I have no firsthand experience with the non a/c trucks. Regardless, your experience is irrelevant to the 90% of the diesel guys who actually have factory a/c on their trucks.
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The core I got from both p places were diesel ones, they were exactly the range was the onesiI took out, and yes I do have the proper huge big *** rad that these 7.3s take. Also I think my post was rellevent because someone might come to this page and read that no way cab they find a core for their truck even tho the ones listed that you said won't with will
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The core I got from both p places were diesel ones, they were exactly the range was the onesiI took out, and yes I do have the proper huge big *** rad that these 7.3s take. Also I think my post was rellevent because someone might come to this page and read that no way cab they find a core for their truck even tho the ones listed that you said won't with will
but you have non AC trucks, which use the smaller radiator and 460 gas core support.
air conditioned diesels use a larger radiator, and a different core support than the non AC trucks use.
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FWIW I have a sparish(might do conversion in future) bricknose diesel w/ac core support in good shape, shall I auction it off, they sound in high demand?
Also FWIW I did a front clip conversion a while back on a Bronco. Put the 92+ front end on a 90, but was able to use the 90 core support. This tells me it's likely a 92+ diesel core support would likely work on a bricknose.
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So diesels have two different size radiator core supports, depending on if the engine came equipped from the factory with a/c. A short/wide (non-a/c) and a tall/skinny (a/c).
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I know there are 2 different radiator core supports. Not sure if the diesel without a/c is the same radiator as a 460. The diesel without a/c is apparently the same radiator core support as a 460, with or without a/c. The diesel with a/c is a completely different radiator and core support, which is what most people have.
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diesel without AC uses the 460 core support with a smaller radiator. i do not know if it is the same as a 460 radiator though, just that the radiator opening is the same size as the 460 opening.
diesel with factory AC uses a larger radiator with a larger opening in the core support.
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Thanks for the info guys.
I wasnt sure if maybe the non ac core supports just had a smaller hole that could be opened or what the difference was.
lindstrom I'm near gettysburg, pa. I'm not sure how much you'd want for one or how much shipping would be, shipping would probably be a tad much cause of the size I would assume
Mine is rotted out and the RF mount, I had planned on just cutting out the bad and welding in new steel eventually but a clean rust free one would be better. I'm cheap though so I might just repair what I have depending on what a replacement might cost
I wasnt sure if maybe the non ac core supports just had a smaller hole that could be opened or what the difference was.
lindstrom I'm near gettysburg, pa. I'm not sure how much you'd want for one or how much shipping would be, shipping would probably be a tad much cause of the size I would assume
Mine is rotted out and the RF mount, I had planned on just cutting out the bad and welding in new steel eventually but a clean rust free one would be better. I'm cheap though so I might just repair what I have depending on what a replacement might cost