Recent content by MoparGuy68

The old radiator is out of the car. I’ve painted the new cast iron water pump with VHT High Temp Chrysler Hemi Orange Engine Enamel. Going to be flushing the engine and heater core next. I probably should flush the new Glen-Ray radiator too. The manufacturing process may have left some small...

After I install the new radiator, I’m hoping to be able to drive the car, at least 12 miles during the summer, without it overheating. I tried that last June with disastrous results when the ambient temperature was 100. I went through all the receipts that came with the car when I bought it 5...

The Glen-Ray radiator arrived today. Haven’t opened the box yet. I was looking at the alternator/water pump belt I got from NAPA and must say it is really bad.. Now I know why it was $5.50. No way I’m putting this belt on my car. It’s going back. It says “made in USA” on the belt, and it...

Well, didn’t do anything with the cooling issue until now. Just made short drives over the summer. Since November, could do my normal exercise (for the car) drives. A Glen-Ray 26” Max Cooling 3443959 radiator is in transit, heading my way. Along with adapter brackets that allow proper...

Why the crazy implosion of Chrysler, Dodge and Harley-Davidson makes perfect sense. And why it is part of a grand plan, that benefits China.

That’s nice to know. I got it confused with 2nd gen B-Bodies. Two weeks ago, I was searching all over that trunk lip looking for it. It does have the VIN on the cowl.

Regarding continuing to run a 26” radiator on a 22” core support, I’m not seeing how that is possible with the core support that is in my car, so that the fan blade is centered left to right in the shroud. I’m not seeing that there’s any room to drill new radiator bolt mounting holes further...

I decided not to do anything to this car until the summer has passed. That radiator is going to stay in there until October..

Interesting to hear that the only way for this car to get a 26” radiator was an axle package or A/C.. Being an N96 car we know there’s no way it could’ve possibly had A/C. I recently talked to a guy who has a Green Go 1971, 383 automatic Super Bee. He has had his since 1985, like forever...

Yes, me cutting the core support has a high probability of it looking butchered afterwards.. And I don’t have the proper cutting tool to attempt it. Four years ago, I back-flushed the engine, forward-flushed the radiator, and back and forward-flushed the heater core. I used water and...

Here are some photos of the Jerry-rigged 26” radiator on the 22” support. Green circles show where a correct 22” radiator would mount. Red circles are where someone drilled holes in the support to mount the 26” radiator to it. I mounted my power steering cooler to the 22” holes on the driver...

The 1971 Dodge chassis manual shows radiator part #3443961-22” for a 1971 Charger 383 Magnum, 727 auto, w/o A/C. My support’s factory mounting holes are 24.5” apart horizontally and 14.5” apart vertically (on both sides). So far, I’ve found only one set of photos of this exact radiator. Which...

Removing the 22” support and installing a 26” support is not an option for me. So I figure the best thing to do, is to obtain a 22” radiator that will fit the support that is currently in the car. And a 22” radiator that can handle a mostly stock 383 Magnum, though with a larger than stock...

I’ve been absent from the forum for a long time. The Super Bee couldn’t handle a 12 mile drive in 101 degree temp, here in AZ, last Sunday. It overheated.. After the radiator puked its fluid out (close to 1/3 of a gallon of it), I saw what is, at least, one of the car’s cooling problems. An...

A tale about a car “that matters”. Probably won’t be the last one.