walk me through swapping out my radiator

[Layne]

Nice. Count on at least 2 gallons

[beastie_3]

Apparently it wasnt sealed! Acutally, I put the rat skull in there when you werent looking.

[txchainsawgogi]

The weirdest part is that I found rat bones, missing a head, stuck inside one of the a/c vent tubes. How did its head make it to the radiator?

[Lt.Del]

pop the top off the master cylinder, i think his leg bone is there.

[txchainsawgogi]

I'm sure there are more bones as well as mud dobber nests I haven't found yet. That's what you get for buying a 700$ farm truck!

[bobcooter]

But

I'm sure there are more bones as well as mud dobber nests I haven't found yet. That's what you get for buying a 700$ farm truck!

My friend, you missing the best part of buying an old truck and getting it right. That's the kind of truck a lot of us in here started with. Mine still kind of looks like that on the outside. It was a $750.00 delivery truck. But I've put a lot of work and money into it. It's just not all paint and body. Mine is now 100% mechanically sound. If you do not loose interest in it and sell it, it will turn into a thing of pride. Pride of ownership, pride in knowing you did it yourself. If you keep going with it, it will then turn into something that quietly begins to consume your life, your free time and a large portion of your mind. Next, you will have 2 or 3 more in various states of disrepair parked in your yard. If you're married, this will surely be to the delight of your wife. Yes my friend, you are just embarking on a journey that will be 50% hobby, 50% compulsion and 50% mental illness. I love it!

[txchainsawgogi]

When I went to replace my thermostat, the housing snapped in half. Awesome! Bought a replacement...much thicker and heavier than the oem one.

I can't seem to get the little three prong vacuum thing off the top. What's it do? What's it called? Do I need it?

[Irish_Alley]

Do you Need it no. What's it called idk. If you have all your vacuum line setup I would try to get it off. If you don't have emissions just forget About it most after market ones don't even have one

[txchainsawgogi]

So just cap off the lines that went to it?

[Lt.Del]

it's a thermal vacuum sensor for certain vacuum lines.  it completes vacuum routes for certain smog stuff when the engine warms up.

[ITSANSS]

it's a thermal vacuum sensor for certain vacuum lines.  it completes vacuum routes for certain smog stuff when the engine warms up.

I always wondered what it was.  However, I always knew that it was worthless junk some funny lookin' fella' with weird lookin' hair and large framed glasses thought up.  I HATE the o-ring chrome housings that are $10 at local automotive stores.  Fricking worthless.  Ordered a housing for $11 (from local auto. store) for a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro with a 5.7L engine (because I knew that it would be the kind of housing that made sense).  Flat on the bottom, no extra wires, no extra hoses, just plain, simple, nice looking, and leak-free.

[bobcooter]

My aftermarket thermostat housing has the o-ring but I still put some sealant on it anyway.

[86gmc23]

Hate to jump in and ask a dumb question but interested in one of these ebay radiator setups. Which of these would fit in my 1986 GMC 1500?

[beastie_3]

This is where I got mine

http://stores.ebay.com/PERFORMANCE-COOLING?_rdc=1