up grading front end to 92+ style
09-01-2010, 08:47 PM
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up grading front end to 92+ style
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???
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09-02-2010, 01:14 AM
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Yes, you'll have to change out the core support and no it won't work without modification.
09-02-2010, 06:04 AM
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Aren't the radiator supports different between gas and diesel too?
09-02-2010, 07:05 AM
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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
09-02-2010, 01:01 PM
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Aren't the radiator supports different between gas and diesel too?
That's the core support.....
09-02-2010, 02:15 PM
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gasser support is way shorter top to bottom then the diesel.. no way you will ever get the deisel rad in the gasser support
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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.
09-02-2010, 09:35 PM
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can it be unbolted or do i have to weld??
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It's got rivets but you can either weld it or bolt it back in....
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i'll take a look in the daytime. went outside looks like it was spot welded. i'll check again
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If that's the case......it'd be a ton easier to just drill out the spotweld...
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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??
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Lookin back it might have been spot welds.....92, so maybe some of the early models slipped through with rivets.