There are mounting flanges at the top and bottom of the center core section of the radiator. In my application the bottom of the radiator is wedged between the radiator support and the crossmember and sits on the crossmember flange. At the top I have two bolts attaching the radiator mounting flange to the radiator support. I had to drill these two holes in the support. Your stock radiator is a down flow type, the water flows from top to bottom. The type I changed to is a cross flow type, the water flows from one side to the other, so the tanks are on the sides instead of top and bottom. Ford cross flow radiators have the inlet on the passenger and the outlet on the driver side. The radiator cap is located on the driver side which is the low pressure side of the core. Chevys are the just the opposite configuration. It's supposed to be a more efficient method of cooling, not only because of the materials and construction used, but the radiator cap doesn't have to fight the pressure of the hot water coming from the engine. Less likely to puke. Also the aluminum radiator is stronger and can hold more pressure. It's not unusual to see 20 - 22 lb caps installed. Again less likely to puke and lose coolant. Howe and Griffin are probably pretty much equal, I've never heard anything bad about either one.
Weather striping/Door Seals Does anyone know a good place to buy new weather striping/new rubber seals for the doors and trunk of a maverick?
Mine is a Summit Radiator #SUM-380425 cost $169.95 and the Quality is very good. I had to cut the radiator support and I used two Bolts at the top just like Bmcdaniel did it. Keep in mind that most of the lower cost radiators (like mine) Do NOT have an internal tranny cooler. I didn`t want to use the internal cooler anyway so that was ok with me . I have one of the B+M Super Coolers mounted in front of the radiator.
Aluminum Radiator Is that an oversize radiator at 26" , on my 77 maverick would this be the correct size ?
