So after my last issue with my rad I accidentally cracked the housing where the drain plug went. No biggy I thought as I hoped it wouldn't leak, turns out it did. Can't do much about it I broke it, I'll fix it which was what I attempted to do tonight.
One 250$ New Radiator from lordco.
3 1/2 hours of spare time before girlfriend off work.
It was go time.
2 hours into the project I was in the process of mounting the new rad.

All the mounts were the exact opposite of what was right

So now I'm truckless, very very angry and going to chew out the Lordco parts guy who helped me out.

 

Counter people never know what they are doing! That sucks.

 

this is not going to be a fun morning.
Going to be returning the Rad and figuring out where I can get a proper one.

 

I know mine was around $150 from autozone and they had it in stock.

 

just about anything will fit 87-96, 3.9-318. the fittings are the same. to totally miss it i think crazy is right.

 

Well their computer is what told them which rad to get. Which was completely wrong fyi, so after some before work hunting I got the part number for the rad I needed and was able to get it from the same store which has an account through the Harley Davidson shop I work at(I'm a parts person there...lol) so I can pay for it through my paycheck. Which is good cause I am broke lol.

Anyways the new rads installed, it went off without a hitch trucks running at optimal temp and I'm quite happy to have my truck back an operational without in constant worry my rads going to go boom.


Edit: Plus side was the proper rad for my truck was 100$ cheaper then the one they gave me even though the only difference was mounts lol.