i have a 1988 reg cab diesel and i have a 1993 4.9 donor truck. I'm going to put the newer style front clip on. do i have to change the radiator support??? If i do will the 4.9 radiator support fit the 7.3 radiator???

thanks

 

Yes, you'll have to change out the core support and no it won't work without modification.

 

Aren't the radiator supports different between gas and diesel too?

 

it's kind of looks the same .i notice it doesn't have a notch for the battery wire for the diesels 2nd battery. i'll havre to measure to see if the depth is different

 

That's the core support.....

 

gasser support is way shorter top to bottom then the diesel.. no way you will ever get the deisel rad in the gasser support

 

Yes there is...with modification...the "foot" that protects the bottom of the radiator that is attached to the core support needs to be swapped.

 

can it be unbolted or do i have to weld??

 

It's got rivets but you can either weld it or bolt it back in....

 

i'll take a look in the daytime. went outside looks like it was spot welded. i'll check again

 

If that's the case......it'd be a ton easier to just drill out the spotweld...

 

ha i doubt it ford puts in too many. i took out seat brackets from a superduty and there were like 10 spot welds for the little bracket. heads can be grinded off rivets and your done.

What year was the one u had with rivets??

 

Lookin back it might have been spot welds.....92, so maybe some of the early models slipped through with rivets.