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I had my radiator redone at shop. I noticed a significant crease from some kind of force. I have seen radiator support bushings at Dennis Carpenters. Is there protection for the bottom of the radiators on a 71 F100 ??? Where do the rubber bushings Carpenters sell go ??? My shop manual shows nothing I see............
Not sure if there is something for protecting the radiator itself. Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but what I understand is The ‘radiator support’ is what the radiator is bolted too. And the ‘radiator support bushings’ are the bushings that are used when bolting the ‘radiator support’ to the frame. Nothing to do with protecting the radiator.
Radiators bolt directly to the core support and there is two bushings on top of the frame where the core support attaches to frame. There is six total on a truck. Four for the cab and two for the core support. I had to cut the hardware apart when putting new bushings on my 72 f250 4x4. Then had to make new hardware out of big *** washers, 3/4" pipe and 1/2" pipe for the cab bushings. Needed a little smaller pipe for the core support bushings.
These are the rear cab bushings for a 4x4 f250. On a 2wd f250 they will sit directly on top of the frame instead of off the side on a mount.
These are the front cab bushings. These are same position on all cabs.
This is the only core support pic I have while doing some fitting. You can barely see the red of a bushing on the driver side under the core support which sits directly on the frame.
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT...........Great answers...........
The crease I referred to was on the bottom of my radiator. I noticed there is nothing between the bottom of radiator & the ground , hence how the crease got there !!! I thought maybe the protection had been lost or removed...I will seriously consider putting something there in the future for protection...I think I have seen the bushings you posted. Mine are squashed but may have a little life left in them...........ha Thank-you all again............NOW will you help me on an overflow thread I posted earlier today I will be marvelous, just marvelous..........
Thank-you all again............NOW will you help me on an overflow thread I posted earlier today I will be marvelous, just marvelous..........
