What have you done to your square lately??

[Sgt Gus]

My boy and I dropped the tank to swap the sending unit and pump. Then snatched the TBI off to add an adjustable regulator, gauge, pod spacer, rebuild and a TBI Spacer. As well as a fully open air filter with lid. After throwing it together I dialed up the fuel to 12.5psi and runs rather well. I am considering changing the injectors out and doing a grind on the ports. Will see how I feel at a later date.

Pic when you can. I was going to either put a connection or gauge underneath near fuel filter.

 

[84_c10_GMC]

Post up some truck pics. Heck, depending on the population of snooty people in your area, your truck will ridiculed much more driving it around than it will here. We have pristine trailer princesses, well almost, to rusted out tb shot trucks.

Don't be askeerd, we're truck people that enjoy trucks, so post 'em up.

Haha it’s not quite shitbox level. But I’m just trying to get it moving under its own power at the moment and then decide later on if I wanna throw an ls in it or rebuild another 350 and put back in it. I’ll try and get some pics today.

 

[84_c10_GMC]

Alright snapped a few photos before I run to orielly. Thing I hate the most is previous owner swapped the core support for the 88-91 front end…. I prefer the original 84. But it has a good grill and bezels so I may deal with that down the road. Need a couple front tires also and find my other center cap.

If anyone has or knows where to get oem style radiator supports for a 3 or 4 core oem radiator. Or something that will fit over this aluminum one better I’d appreciate it. Kinda have it Jerry rigged to hold it securely at the moment.

 

[Sgt Gus]

Alright snapped a few photos before I run to orielly. Thing I hate the most is previous owner swapped the core support for the 88-91 front end…. I prefer the original 84. But it has a good grill and bezels so I may deal with that down the road. Need a couple front tires also and find my other center cap.

If anyone has or knows where to get oem style radiator supports for a 3 or 4 core oem radiator. Or something that will fit over this aluminum one better I’d appreciate it. Kinda have it Jerry rigged to hold it securely at the moment.

Funny we did the same thing with a shop light.

 

[Sgt Gus]

Alright snapped a few photos before I run to orielly. Thing I hate the most is previous owner swapped the core support for the 88-91 front end…. I prefer the original 84. But it has a good grill and bezels so I may deal with that down the road. Need a couple front tires also and find my other center cap.

If anyone has or knows where to get oem style radiator supports for a 3 or 4 core oem radiator. Or something that will fit over this aluminum one better I’d appreciate it. Kinda have it Jerry rigged to hold it securely at the moment.

So you mean the retainer cushions (rubber) for the radiator? Classicparts.com or once I figured out what I needed I got on amazon.

 

[84_c10_GMC]

Funny we did the same thing with a shop light.

These big hoods block all the light when you’re trying to work

 

[84_c10_GMC]

So you mean the retainer cushions (rubber) for the radiator? Classicparts.com or once I figured out what I needed I got on amazon.

More the entire bracket that goes across the top. My original brackets are about a half inch short of getting to the front of the new radiator. I got some larger rubbers to try and make work but I would have to cut the front lip off that holds the radiator in place for them to even attempt to work. So i just trimmed them down and sandwiched them between the radiator and oem to hold it. I’ll get a pic but I need the actual top rubber mount holders that bolt to the core support to be longer.

 

[84_c10_GMC]

So you mean the retainer cushions (rubber) for the radiator? Classicparts.com or once I figured out what I needed I got on amazon.

Here’s a picture of what I’m trying to explain lol. Hopefully this shows it good enough.

 

[DoubleDingo]

Here’s a picture of what I’m trying to explain lol. Hopefully this shows it good enough.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it appears to be held in just fine

 

[84_c10_GMC]

It is with a second rubber piece shoved under the main one. I need to raise the bottom of radiator up a touch. But with just the oem rubber and bracket. It comes down on top of the radiator tank and It does not hold the radiator in place. I have to double stack a trimmed rubber piece to make it secure. It works. But I’m not happy with it.

 

[Ricko1966]

I think the problem is the radiator not the brackets,so you either need to source a different radiator,raise thenradiator you have or make new brackets or modify the brackets you have.

 

[mcarlo86]

Alright snapped a few photos before I run to orielly. Thing I hate the most is previous owner swapped the core support for the 88-91 front end…. I prefer the original 84. But it has a good grill and bezels so I may deal with that down the road. Need a couple front tires also and find my other center cap.

If anyone has or knows where to get oem style radiator supports for a 3 or 4 core oem radiator. Or something that will fit over this aluminum one better I’d appreciate it. Kinda have it Jerry rigged to hold it securely at the moment.

I ran into similar problems when I put an aluminum radiator in our '90 Suburban. I described what I did to make it work in this thread. Not the prettiest, but functional.

Champion radiator difficulties

The factory radiator gave up in our 90 Suburban, so I ordered a 3 core Champion aluminum one to replace it. I went this route because I’m not a fan of plastic radiator tanks, and this is supposedly a direct fit. Well, it is 1” narrower and about 1/4” shorter. I will have to move the passenger...

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