- Joined
- May 3, 2009
- Messages
- 107
- Reaction score
- 42
- Points
- 28
- Location
- Tennessee
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- V8
- Engine Size
- 302
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Tire Size
- 225/40 R18
It's been sitting at a shop for the past three months waiting to have the radiator and alternator swapped out. He pulled my old radiator out, along with my overflow tank, and battery almost 2 1/2 months ago.Wow, this is tragic, an the horrors people can experience sending a vehicle to someone else to get custom work done.
Where is the truck now?
He was supposed to notch the front support to move the radiator I had been using forward a couple inches so we could use factory brackets. After pulling everything apart, he said he couldn't make room so I bought an aftermarket Northern radiator made specifically for Ranger V8 swaps. Then he got the idea to try to weld a piece onto the aluminum fan shroud that I had been using and ruined it so I had to downgrade to a smaller plastic fan. (I went from a 16" 2,900 cfm fan down to a 14" 1,600 cfm fan) I couldn't trust him to build brackets for the fan so I made my own. (Pictures above) Keep in mind that this is supposed to be a custom shop, but so far they haven't been able to install a single item thay wasn't direct bolt on. I even found a custom billet alternator bracket online that bolted right in place because he suddenly decided it would be too hard to fabricate one. Now I'm just trying to get my truck back in drivable condition.
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