so here's the update. they tried to epoxy it and it didn't hold. so now i'm out the original $400 for the rad, $20 for the poly bushings, and $22 bucks to ship it back to RD. man this sucks. they offered me level 2 dealer cost but after explaining that nowhere in the literature that came with it did it say not to use poly bushings and how my wife is going to shoot me if i spend more money on this thing, they gave me dealer cost at $358. so lets total up this learning experience...%)
$400 RD #1
$ 20 poly mounts
$ 22 return shipping
$358 RD #2
$ 20 Rubber mounts
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$820
learning how to smooth it out with the wife... PRICELESS
and i also need to wait 4 weeks to have it built and delivered. there goes wheeling season for me?:?
Don't feel bad, here goes a close running total
Original RD on '02-universal circle track deal-350ish
runs 4 years no issues
in '06 we install a stroker motor and decide to upgrade to el. fans on a tstat. Try to do this in less than a weeks time to make an event-ship the rad to the guy to get the new fans and shroud from NC to CA and back (2day), 110 and 120, Hooptie fan deal and shroud was 360, control was another 89
Had a problem with the stoker crank so did not make the event because we could not install the crank, but the rad and fan set up were ready.
Running total to this summer
350
110
120
360
89
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1039
50ish to ship it out to RD a couple weeks ago and I guess 50ish to ship it back. Mine was epoxied last Friday and should be back here tomorrow. Forgot to even ask how much that was-just happy I did not need another rad!!!
On to another line......To the posters who consider the Al. rad a bomb waiting to go off. I still say if mounted properly and not "hit" they will live. Mine lived for 4 years in a rig running 42s, and 40's, trails done-Tellico, Paragon, Moab twice, Outerlimits in Johnson Valley-If I had not headbutted a rock hard enough to break my headlight, bend my grille back into the fender and push the fender out above the pas. side tire, the rad would still be intact.
If they will live in competition rock rigs they will live for us. It is all in the mounting