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psimet · 08-09-2022, 01:30 PM

'28 Tudor. I ended up finding an older re-cored radiator locally to replace mine (which I now think was an old re-core but super thin without enough cooling capacity as it was over an inch thinner but I digress).

The radiator that was on the car had 2 thick rubber shims under each side of the radiator (4 total). I bought a mounting kit from Snyders and it has 2 total in the kit and they are thin. I went to try and just use those and there's no way it's enough to mount the new radiator.

I'm going to have to use the old ones but here's my question - is it common to have to shim the radiator up that much so it clears the frame by the bottom hose inlet? I can understand having that issue with a one off radiator but now having it with 2 that look to be original tanks - is there something else wrong?

08-09-2022, 01:30 PM	#1
psimet Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Elgin, IL Posts: 247	Radiator Mounting '28 Tudor. I ended up finding an older re-cored radiator locally to replace mine (which I now think was an old re-core but super thin without enough cooling capacity as it was over an inch thinner but I digress). The radiator that was on the car had 2 thick rubber shims under each side of the radiator (4 total). I bought a mounting kit from Snyders and it has 2 total in the kit and they are thin. I went to try and just use those and there's no way it's enough to mount the new radiator. I'm going to have to use the old ones but here's my question - is it common to have to shim the radiator up that much so it clears the frame by the bottom hose inlet? I can understand having that issue with a one off radiator but now having it with 2 that look to be original tanks - is there something else wrong?