I got the new rad. in. $177 shipped. It looks to be of pretty good quality, but time will tell. It looks like it is a good 1/4" narrower than the BEHR. The BEHR was original and had 85 stamped on it.
The swap was amazingly easy. The only headaches I had were removing all the hoses a couple times during the flush. Then flushing and back flushing everything a couple times. Removing the hose on the side of the head was a PITA because of the throttle linkage, hard fuel lines and glow plug wiring harness. Then I lost the damn crush washer for the block drain (gravel driveway).
So, I had to get a new crush washer.
It does run a few degrees cooler than before. It was running around 85 before. Now it runs around 81-82.
It took 2.5 gallons to fill it to the line on the resovoir.
Thanks for everyone's input and tips!!
