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Dec 3, 2020 | 03:40 AM

Jbone405

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Quick radiator replacement help

I have a 76 f250 4x4 c6 that we use on the ranch with a feeder on it. It does a lot of slow driving/idling dumping feed bunks during winter and driving through pastures in summer. I have a pinhole leak in my radiator. I can’t take this one off to get fixed as it can’t be down that long and it might not be worth fixing anyway.

I found some aluminum radiators on Amazon for not too much. But I don’t know if I want to go to aluminum.

Amazon

Anybody’s have anything better?

Dec 3, 2020 | 04:35 AM

i-w

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seems like a lot of people have used the Champion Radiators and have had good success.

not sure if you have the room BUT for what your doing i would look in to the 4 Row radiator not 2 row.

need to know if the radiator is a grill side mount or engine side mount.

https://www.championradiators.com/Fo...ator-1968-1977

more links

https://shop.championcooling.com/Per...Radiators/Ford

https://www.championradiators.com/

seen them all over ebay as well as Amazon.

Dec 3, 2020 | 08:18 AM

Tedster9

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The Champion are a pretty solid choice for not too much money. I don't particularly like the radiator caps they include with the radiator they seem real cheap. Aluminum radiators are said by some shops to need a separate bonding wire or strap to a good solid ground to prevent damage. Not sure why exactly but I'll take their word for it.

Dec 3, 2020 | 09:34 AM

Jetfixer-6

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X3 on the Champion radiator. Do a search on this forum and you'll have all the info you need. As far as grounding, I can confirm at least for those of us in the drier climates that the lack of grounding the radiator to the frame can result in electrolysis. I had countless tiny holes in my nearly new Griffin. When I took it in to try to get it fixed they pressurized it in a large tank of water and called me over to have a look, hundreds of tiny bubbles throughout the entire core. Electrostatic discharge due to the very dry air passing over/through it. They also said using rubber isolators to mount the radiator contributes greatly toward this effect. So I would ground it if you can just as a precaution.

Dec 3, 2020 | 12:06 PM