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Product Reviewed: Wrangler 3-core All Steel Radiator with Tranny Cooler |
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| Intro: |
| The Radiator in my 1990 Wrangler was the stock OEM unit and it looked it. Not only was it corroded inside really bad but the majority of the cooling fins were bent or smashed up. Also on the passenger-side the mounting bracket was half broke off. I know, sounds like a real peachy radiator huh. It's definitely something that's been on my to-do list for a while. After talking with the really friendly staff at Radiators.com, I had two radiators sent out. One for my Cherokee and one for the Wrangler. Both were an upgrade 3-core replacement All steel construction radiator. When the radiators arrived (next day) I pulled them out of the box to check them out. I was extremely pleased with both radiators quality and craftsmanship. |
| Install: |
After installing the Cherokee radiator it was time to install the Wrangler unit. I knew the wrangler radiator swap would take just a few minutes since everything is much more accessible than the Chero's. I started out by draining all the radiator fluid, then started removing the upper and lower hoses. The stock radiator didn't have a automatic tranny cooler built in since my wrangler was originally a 5-speed. I've changed that out and installed a 3-speed automatic in which I am currently running an external cooler. The new 3-core radiator came with fittings already supplied for an automatic transmission cooler. This was a nice added bonus! Back to the install, after removing the hoses, I unbolted the 6 mounting bolts and pulled the old radiator out. Upon further examining I realized just how bad of shape my OEM radiator was in. Below are some pictures of the old radiator and some of the new 3-core unit.
Now its time to install the new 3-core Radiators.com unit. I started out by bolting the new radiator to the factory mounts, then proceeded to start hooking up hoses. Since I already had tranny cooler lines to the old cooler its was a cinch connect them to the new radiators built in tranny cooler. After connecting all the hoses the final step was to fill up the new radiator. Again I used 1-gallon of Radiator fluid and about 1.25 gallons of water. I also had to add 2-quarts of ATF to the tranny since this built in tranny cooler was much larger in volume then the B&M unit I was running before. |
- Install time was approx. 20 minutes.
- Parts needed: 1-gallon of Radiator fluid, and 1.25 gallons of water.
- Tools needed: Basic socket set and a screw drivers.
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| Conclusion: |
| The wrangler 3-core radiator, like the Cherokee 3-core were extremely well built and were constructed with high quality craftsmanship. I can't say enough good things about both the products and customer service that Radiators.com provided. Also as mentioned in the Cherokee article, Radiators.com delivers there radiators overnight shipped to your door. Now that's good service! I guess this is another aspect that separates other radiator manufactures from Radiators.com. If you in the market for a new radiator or are looking for a better cooling system I highly recommend calling or e-mailing Radiators.com! |
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