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Old Aug 12, 2004 | 01:50 PM
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Radiator FUBARed

Well, as the title says, the radiator just took a dive on me. Must just have been some crud holding the coolant in that got flushed after my driving it. It isn't pouring out (yet) but its running out bad enough that i currently have an oil drain pan sitting bellow it to catch it all.

So the first question is: can i safely run a radiator flush through my system to get all the **** out without dammaging the o-rings?

and: Where can i find a larger capacity alluminum radiator w/o going through ebay or custom?

I have searched around, but nothing I found gave me satisfactory answers.

Thanks in advance.

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Old Aug 12, 2004 | 02:01 PM
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I adapted a Chevy style radiator. they usually come with some pretty universal mouting pieces.

you will have to fab up some hoses and that sort of thing, but you can get a HUGE radiator for cheap.
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Old Aug 12, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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Cool, i was thinking about trying to find one of those old Bronco Desert radiators. The ones that are like 4" thick and whatnot. Just didn't know if anyone else had put those in on ther seven.

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Old Aug 12, 2004 | 04:29 PM
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noir, nice.
take some pics, my rads on the way out, and i wanna replace it with something better
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