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3A, 3B, DJ Technical Knowledge Base => "Modifications"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Incites => Topic started by: Shalka04 on September 20, 2012, 03:57:21 PM

Title: bottom mount radiator into a side mount?
Post by: Shalka04 on September 20, 2012, 03:57:21 PM

Has any one had any experience slipping a bottom mount radiator into a side mount configuration.  

-John

Title: Re: bottom mount radiator into a side mount?
Post by: rocketeer on September 20, 2012, 08:36:47 PM

Providing the rad will clear the sheetmetal of the grille, you would need to weld a pair of tangs underneath the front crossmember and add a support rod from the rad to the firewall. When I did mine I also changed the grille so I can't address whether or not a CJ3A grille will allow it to clear. The tangs, of course, must be aligned correctly as to spacing and angle. I acquired the tangs from a junker frame. There are notches in the tangs that have compound angles in order to fit under the crossmember which make it difficult to make one's own.

(http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab191/rocketeer_2010/Jeep/radtangs-1_zpsef3666c9.jpg)

(http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab191/rocketeer_2010/Jeep/radtangs-2_zpsfeadf253.jpg)

(http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab191/rocketeer_2010/Jeep/radtangs-3_zpsa1607fd7.jpg)

Larry