hello everybody, although I think brando may have the answer to my question.

I need a new rad. Mine has a slow leak, and I dont want to be held accountable for all the neighborhood pets expiring... So I phoned all over town, and got prices. But I have no clue which rad I have. There are two available for my car, and they dont seem to specify them by engine vin.

Standard Rad

Heavy Duty Rad

I've got AC, I know thats important. Brando Does your sourcing program specify which rad we use in our deltas?

The other option is to repair mine, since its just a slow leak, right at the seam. Are these things copper? I could solder it maybe? I phoned a rad place in town, and to recondition it would cost more than buying a tested rad from the wreckers.

Choices, choices choices...

if you have ac, go with the heavy duty. When ever I have a choice like that for parts, I go with the one that will work better, and in this case, its the heavy duty one.

Andrew

just be extra sure it will fit properly. the HD radiator may be thicker and/or wider than the regular one.

if all else fails, get the exact dimensions of your old radiator and compare to a new one that you can verify is either standard or HD

Well....I might have posted about it. might have not, but I have replaced my radiator....pretty easy. What I did was I just went to NAPA, they too gave me a couple options. I was like....uh...I dunno. So we went out to measure the width....tell ya the truth I don't remember which one it was. But that is what we did to get the right one.

And here's what is on NAPA's site....

HD Cooling Radiator core size: 30 1/2'' x 16 7/8'' x 1 1/4'' (2 Row)
w/o HD Cooling Radiator core size: 28 3/8'' x 16 7/8'' x 1 1/4'' (2 Row)

I'm not sure about this...I see nothing about it on ALLDATA, but there also are different size heater cores available for our cars....one for Manual AC controls, the other for Automatic. The one for Automatic is bigger....perhaps the same applies to radiators.

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Brando

bigger heater core on the auto climate control??? I want the bigger heater core!!! My heater just cant keep up in the winter time. I have the manual vacuum/cable controls in my car.

I will go and measure. What do they measure? Just the cooling portion of the rad, or the tanks on either side aswell?

Thanks guys, will go and do that tomorrow. Gotta get some real antifreeze in there before the snow flies!

The entire width of the radiator.

As for the heater core....the manual control is 1" deep and aluminum, while the auto control is 2" deep and copper.

I'm not sure if you could just pop the bigger one in there or not....

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Brando

Just an update....I just measured my radiator, and those measurements are of the core, not including the tanks on both sides. Mine measured 28 3/8", what was yours, 88delta88?

I measured because...well my condenser came today ($42 off ebay)...soon I will have air conditioning in that car....for winter .....
Anyways, it is without the heavy duty cooling...so I lucked out on that one....

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Brando

brando... I measured and bought a 28 3/8" rad... Worked out quite nicely. I had to turf my condenser because of my accident a while back... You should have seen it!!! Bent right down the middle. Anyways, thanks for the info, it helped out a lot. Now I'm good till -45 degrees C. No problems!

Perhaps the Heavy Duty cooling is included with the Brougham package?

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Brando

could be, I couldnt get that info out of the parts guys anywhere. They said it wasnt motor specific, or due to air conditioning either.