Hi all, dumb question here.
My IH 454D radiator just doesn't have a replacement anywhere. My local radiator guy says it isn't worth a recore because the bottom bucket is shot. That's plan A & B. I am now on plan C, fixing it myself by soldering all the cracks.
But a radiator's a radiator, right? If plan C doesn't work is there any reason I can't buy a new, generic aluminum radiator with an electric fan and the same cooling capacity and with universal water hoses mount it under the cowl? I have to retrofit a mount for the oil cooler, but that should be doable as well.
Would it work until I could find an actual replacement radiator?
My IH 454D radiator just doesn't have a replacement anywhere. My local radiator guy says it isn't worth a recore because the bottom bucket is shot. That's plan A & B. I am now on plan C, fixing it myself by soldering all the cracks.
But a radiator's a radiator, right? If plan C doesn't work is there any reason I can't buy a new, generic aluminum radiator with an electric fan and the same cooling capacity and with universal water hoses mount it under the cowl? I have to retrofit a mount for the oil cooler, but that should be doable as well.
Would it work until I could find an actual replacement radiator?