Alum Radiator Install

[courtenay]

Does anyone who has installed Mark's aluminum radiator have pictures of the modifications of the sway bar brackets? Also do you drill into the radiator tank to install the upper hangers? If so, do you need a gasket or some kind of sealant?

[cduffy]

Does anyone who has installed Mark's aluminum radiator have pictures of the modifications of the sway bar brackets? Also do you drill into the radiator tank to install the upper hangers? If so, do you need a gasket or some kind of sealant?

The radiator has predrilled/tapped holes for the mounting hardware. If I remember correctly I may have had to make mounts for the bottom of the radiator and I might have had to drill the mounting hardware that came with the radiator.

The sway bar brackes change is simply an extention that you screw on to move the brackets down a little bit. Once I have everything else done (yeah like that will ever happen) I plan on going back to this a fabricating a block to go between the frame and brackets.

[courtenay]

Great pics - thanks so much! I really wasn't sure how the sway bar bracket thing worked but it's crystal clear now. As for the radiator mounts themselves - Doh on me!! I hadn't looked closely enough at the rad to see the predrilled holes. Dumb, dumb, dumb!!
Bruce

[So Cal Mark]

You're missing the sleeves that go over the extended studs on the sway bar. The sleeves make it a very solid mount

[courtenay]

Mark - have you got a diagram, or picture, of how all the pieces fit together?
Thanks,
Bruce

[fillupd]

I don't recall the sway bar being extended that low on my '78. I made a couple of solid spacers but I think they were around a half inch or maybe a little bit better.
I'll get a pic of mine tomorrow and I think the top mounting bolt holes on the radiator were very close to being even with the top of the cross bar on top. Mines a 1978 so it may not help much. I did have to hacksaw off the lower support bracket, took about 30 seconds.
If I was going to do it again, I think I would see how much it would be to modify the lower outlet to 45 degree up towards the thermostat and maybe weld a short 90 bend on the upper one.
Don't drill into your new radiator, it will bolt up without drilling for sure.

[So Cal Mark]

the long nuts should be threaded all of the way onto the stud in the frame, with the new stud extending downward. The sleeve slides over that stud and is captured between the sway bar bracket and unibody. When installed, you won't see the nut or stud

[wikkid]

Mark, can you please post a link to the thread where you give information about this setup, as I can't find it on your site.
Thanks.
-Chris

[So Cal Mark]

Finally got some pics of the sway bar hardware installed with the sleeves over the studs