radiator research for Ford/////

larry@stinescorner · Dec 8, 2015

the radiator needs to be recored,,,,,425to 450 A new radiator aftermarket runs from 175 to 275 ,,,,200 on line 25 dollars shipping,,,269 from Charles Snyder Ford in Tamaqua PA. i havent had time to decide yet. I had the radiator in the back of my truck,so checked two radiator repair places in nj,,and one in Emmaus PA,,,,and started looking on line,,,Any opinions?

Dean · Dec 8, 2015

If you buy an aftermarket try to get a Clancy and be CERTAIN to get one with a flat fin industrial core.

Most of the aftermarket radiators are more trouble than they are worth.

Dean

Andy Martin · Dec 8, 2015

I've had good luck with the Chinese made aftermarket radiators. They always take a little tweaking to make them fit, but if you know you have to do that it's not bad. I keep saving my old radiators just in case recoring gets cheap or original tank get expensive.

ray hofstetter · Dec 8, 2015

I've put 3 new radiators in the Ford at work....if I
remember, they were $300+ at Akron Tractor,
but I did repair the last one so I have a spare.

alg · Dec 8, 2015

Larry,
Try Keller's in Quakertown ,pa 215-536-4046 talk to Jim

JD Seller · Dec 8, 2015

Larry Watch out for the quality of the after market radiators. I have quit using them on any of my JD stuff that is used for real work. The original tanks and cores are thicker than the after market ones. Look at how many rows of tubes are in any aftermarket radiator you look at. A cheaper radiator may have fewer rows of tubes than your original does.

I found this out on a JD 4440 about 10 years ago. The original radiator started leaking and the core was rotted an needed replaced. I bought an A&I aftermarket one. The tractor would run hot when you really pulled it hard. I had a new core put in the original and it dropped the running temperature back to what is was supposed to be.

So IRC this tractor is the one you use a lot. Mowing and plowing your garden. So the $100-150 saved with an aftermarket one would not be much when stretched over several years. My advice would be go with your original rebuilt. IF your radiator shop is a good one the radiator you get back will be much heavier than the aftermarket one. Make sure the radiator shop replaces the core with one EXACTLY like the original one. They can get cheaper ones as well. You usually get what you pay for in radiators and batteries.

RBoots · Dec 8, 2015

JD, that may also be compounded by most of the aftermarket radiators having poor heat removal due to having steel fins and tanks (tin)

Ross

old-9 · Dec 8, 2015

I bought / ordered one for my NAA at TSC. Wnen I ordered it the salesperson asked which one I wanted? They had a regular and a heavy duty one. I got the better one and the tractor keeps cool even mowing on hot days. I think it was a Tisco radiator. This was 9 years ago. joe

larry@stinescorner · Dec 8, 2015

I was driving right by the three readiator shops,got prices of recoring from each,none were out of my way,,I Know it has to be recored,one shop said buy a new one,two said recore it,so I Posted a question tonight

dr sportster · Dec 8, 2015

It may be too far but you could try Radiator King in Paterson . Ones I got were made in USA and the guy sends you a Christams card . He appreciates his customers. And if you go off rt 80 you only go 1 block into Paterson.

dr sportster · Dec 8, 2015

And some soldering when the whole end cap starts to come off. I tried those . NG

Mark - IN. · Dec 8, 2015

What took me by surprise is that the current radiator in my '96 Dodge Ram is plastic. A few years before that I stopped at a Jiffy Lube to get my oil changed, they talked me into flushing my radiator and broke one of the cooling lines at the radiator. Made my oil change take longer, but they replaced my radiator because they broke the one in it. They used a refurbished copper from a local auto parts store that fell apart in a couple of years. My original was in good shape until they broke it. I have since had to replace that refurbished replacement, and the auto parts store that I went through told me plastic and that everyone is doing it. OK???????? I went plastic and haven't had a problem since. I haven't inspected it with a magnifying glass to see exactly what all parts of it are plastic, but its been in it for about 5 years now. I don't remember what I paid for it, but it was kind of pricey at the time as I recall.

Good luck.

Mark

Bob Bancroft · Dec 8, 2015

As long as you've got good local service, you should be OK. It sounds like you have lots of choices. There is none here any more. I made the mistake of buying cheap-long-distance/on line. Now I'm stuck with a $200 will-sort-of-fit radiator. I tried to get them to take it back, but they insisted on replacing it. I will only buy something like that from someone local who will back it up.

larry@stinescorner · Dec 8, 2015

I did have lots of choices,was trying to decide,,thanks for all the help

Bryan inIowa · Dec 8, 2015

I'd just take it up to Lou's and let him fix it !

fixerupper · Dec 8, 2015

Larry I'll go along with JD. I have put aftermarket cores in radiators but I just didn't have a good feeling about them. In fact the last one I did leaked from damage to a tube when the fins were installed at the factory. The tube was THAT thin. I had done a day's work assembling this thing and didn't want to do it over again so I soldered the hole shut and installed the radiator. When I replaced the core in one of my Deeres a few years ago I went with the Core Deere sold instead of A&I. The Deere core cost twice as much but it was several pounds heavier and just looked better quality wise. Good luck with your project.

kub6040 · Dec 8, 2015

Larry I have had limited experience but did buy one
aftermarket radiator and it was cheap, thin and has been
since replaced with an old set of tanks and a heavy
replacement core several hundred dollars but works good
and I am happy . Oh forgot my local radiator shop found
the heavy core.

jimg.allentown · Dec 8, 2015

I think I will side up with JD. If you go for the cheaper Chinese one, it may not keep the engine as cool as it should be. It also might not last like the old one did. How old is that radiator??? An OEM equivalent would probably last as long as the original. Sounds to be worth the investment to me.

RodinNS · Dec 8, 2015

Recore it... I would not use cheap aftermarket because you're probably going to end up with less cooling capacity than you have now and you can ill afford to spare any as it is.

Rod

Deutz Lover · Dec 8, 2015

Larry,
Do you have a list of all the places you found radiators for your Ford 2000?
I am looking for radiators for Fordsons and right now for Dextas and Super Dextas. While I have bought one new Dexta radiator I would like to have as large a list as possible to compare price and manufacturer.

The one I got has no manufacturer, but looks ok even though I had to tap it at different positions to get out the gobs of solder that were rattling around inside.

I just love the repair jobs I have seen. The workers appeared to been aesthetically challenged and the repairs an expedient. In all fairness parts of the cores were rotten with gaps of brass or copper and who has the time to make it look pretty.It looks like they blocked off entire tubes, but this also blocked off cooling to other tubes. Probably did not run enough antifreeze and anticorrosion protection.

Greg1959 · Dec 8, 2015

Larry- I bought a good used Rad from a guy on here named Vito. He shipped in great package. I
think he was in New Jersey. Had the rad boiled and cleaned and pressure tested. Installed on my
Ford 860. The Rad I removed, the core is in pretty bad shape. Local Rad shop wants $450.00 to
recore.

After a lot of research on the net about newer model Rads, seems they have lower coolant
capacity and less cores. Which make for poor cooling.

I'm gonna have it recored and put up on a shelf for when I may need it.

I finally figured, it's worth paying the higher price and get what you need the first time.

Good Luck

cannonball · Dec 9, 2015

have never used them, so can't say if they are good
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Blackhole49 · Dec 9, 2015

Not sure how had you work that tractor. If it is long hard days in hot weather, I would put the best radiator I could in it no matter what
the cost. If it's working a garden and some mowing, the after market wouldn't scare me a bit. I put an after market in my 8N 4 years ago.
I run a 6' Landpride finish mower with it and do about 1 acre a week (+- 50hrs a year). 0 problems with it, even when it's 95 out.

Dave Sherburne, NY · Dec 9, 2015

Get it recored. Most of those aftermarket ones almost fit fut not quite.

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