Well, this should have been easy, but there's always something that gets inthe way. I bought the new core at Classic Parts, because they're kind of near my house. They overcharged me, but I knew it, I was there, and I figured it would be the right thing.
Of course, there were complications.
When I went home and took the old core out, the connections on the new one are in a different place, and there is no provision for the temperature control cable to hook on like on my original heater core. So not only would it not fit correctly in the box on the firewall, but I wouldn't be able to hook it up right either.
So I took it back, and checked out their core for the standard heater. It was even more way off, so I got a refund because they couldn't match my heater core.
I tried a few places like O'Reilly, and the ones they have are just like Classic Parts--wrong for my truck.
My truck is as original as they come, including the heater box and this old Harrison heater core, yet all of the ones that are supposed to fit are completely wrong. I don't understand how they can be so much different. What are people buying these for? Maybe they are really not the same for later years, they just didn't know that when they put it in their catalogs and parts lists? I don't get it at all.
Anyway, looks like I'll just take the old one to a radiator shop and have them weld it up for me. :rolleyes:
