Radiator Core Support Bushings
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Radiator Core Support Bushings
I've searched for a thread on this but haven't come up with much. Let's hear some low buck alternatives for OEM core support bushings. I'm mounting a different body to frame and trying to stay LOW budget. Bushings are shot and I don't really want to spend $60.00 plus shipping on a $1000.00 truck! I've been searching the shop at work (forklift dealership) to come up with something close but can't really come up with much. Shot in the dark here but I know some of my fellow FTE friends are pretty clever. Thanks!
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Just about anything will work. You have shims in there, so in order to get the front end straight, you will have to monkey around a little, so as long as you are gonna go through the trouble, either spend the bucks, (51.00 for energy suspension 4.4101 for a complete cab kit is cheap) or suppliment the mount for just about anything close.
T-case bushings are close, and you can cut some down or add small washers until you get the correct heigth.
T-case bushings are close, and you can cut some down or add small washers until you get the correct heigth.
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Just about anything will work. You have shims in there, so in order to get the front end straight, you will have to monkey around a little, so as long as you are gonna go through the trouble, either spend the bucks, (51.00 for energy suspension 4.4101 for a complete cab kit is cheap) or suppliment the mount for just about anything close.
T-case bushings are close, and you can cut some down or add small washers until you get the correct heigth.
T-case bushings are close, and you can cut some down or add small washers until you get the correct heigth.
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You know that might work. I kinda forgot about the old hockey puck trick. Back in the day my buddies used them for body lifts stacked up.
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I've searched for a thread on this but haven't come up with much. Let's hear some low buck alternatives for OEM core support bushings. I'm mounting a different body to frame and trying to stay LOW budget. Bushings are shot and I don't really want to spend $60.00 plus shipping on a $1000.00 truck! I've been searching the shop at work (forklift dealership) to come up with something close but can't really come up with much. Shot in the dark here but I know some of my fellow FTE friends are pretty clever. Thanks!
Usually...obsolete parts can be bought from dealers cheaper than from obsolete parts vendors.
These parts fit 1973/79 F100/350's & 1978/79 Bronco's.
2) D3TZ1000396C .. Upper Core Support Absorber
PRESTIGE FORD in Pounding Mill VA has FOUR.
HUMES FORD in Corry PA has TWO.
Obsolete parts vendors:
WESLEY OBSOLETE PARTS in Liberty KY has TEN: 606-787-5203.
DENNIS CARPENTER OBSOLETE PARTS in Concord NC has FIVE: 704-786-8139.
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2) D3TZ1000155B .. Lower Core Support Absorber
KINSEL L/M in Beaumont TX has EIGHT: 800-816-2894.
MANDERBACH FORD in Temple PA has TWO: 888-225-4364.
BERGE FORD in Mesa AZ has FOUR.
VELDE FORD SALES in Pekin IL has TWO: 800-843-0242.
Obsolete parts vendors:
WESLEY OBSOLETE PARTS has 20.
PARTS INTERNATIONAL in Farmers Branch TX has 41: 888-727-0418.
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I'll second that, I have hockey pucks on my truck radiator support. Free from a buddy of mine.
The height works out very well. One hockey puck and one shim equaled what I had before with the bushing and 3 shims.
Josh
The height works out very well. One hockey puck and one shim equaled what I had before with the bushing and 3 shims.
Josh
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[QUOTE=NumberDummy;7388888]Since the following absorbers (bushings) are obsolete, the dealers can no longer return them to Ford...so are STUCK with them.
Thanks Number Dummy you are a wealth of knowledge and I'm glad you chimed in. You know I never give a thought to checking at dealerships for the old stuff. I guess I assume those parts have all been depleted. I'll check into that option. Who knows maybe I can find some dusty Model A parts on the back of those shelves! LOL
Thanks Number Dummy you are a wealth of knowledge and I'm glad you chimed in. You know I never give a thought to checking at dealerships for the old stuff. I guess I assume those parts have all been depleted. I'll check into that option. Who knows maybe I can find some dusty Model A parts on the back of those shelves! LOL
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In 1985 I was rummaging thru a Floydada TX Ford dealer's parts dept.
On the spring rack I found: A-5310 = Model A front spring.
The shipping tag was still attached...it had been there since 1928!
The more remote the small town dealer, the better chance you have of finding old stuff.
Small town dealers didn't have too many partsguys, it took a lotta time to catagorize, box up and ship back to Ford, parts that weren't selling.
So...many of these partsguy's in the small town dealers didn't bother, because they had other things to do.
You can bet your bottom dollar that the dealer principle wasn't paying overtime for these guys to come in and do this jazz on weekends, either.
btw: Don't bother looking in Door County, I was there in 1999 on vacation, had some extra time, so I checked out the local dealers...didn't find much.
On the spring rack I found: A-5310 = Model A front spring.
The shipping tag was still attached...it had been there since 1928!
The more remote the small town dealer, the better chance you have of finding old stuff.
Small town dealers didn't have too many partsguys, it took a lotta time to catagorize, box up and ship back to Ford, parts that weren't selling.
So...many of these partsguy's in the small town dealers didn't bother, because they had other things to do.
You can bet your bottom dollar that the dealer principle wasn't paying overtime for these guys to come in and do this jazz on weekends, either.
btw: Don't bother looking in Door County, I was there in 1999 on vacation, had some extra time, so I checked out the local dealers...didn't find much.
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