love2fly
Flying the Mountains of the NW
Just recently found my 1982 Australian RHD FJ45 needed a new radiator, so a post was put up on what would be the best aluminum radiator to consider buying in the USA for the old gal.
With the search on I found that most all radiators shown for 1970-1980 FJ40/45 listed had a width of 22" . That measurement is from the lip/edge of one side of the mount brace to the outside edge of the other sides mount brace on the radiator. Not from center line of the mounting holes, edge to edge. This is what holds the radiator in place in the core support with 4 or so bolts on each side.
The Champion C-180 and the CSF-180 were the ones I was considering but after I did a bit of measuring of the radiator that is in place now found out that the 22" in width radiators sold would not be able to be mounted or the holes on the new radiators would not reach the mount holes on the core support (cradle).
For an Australian 1982 FJ45 the book calls for a part number 16400-49356. The part number in the picture below is the old PN. The Champion and CSF listings referrer to the part number as a part to replace the original equipment.
With a few more measurements I found that the radiators core on the 82 was also larger (see picture). I measured a 1981 FJ40 (stock USA) and it's core support was 22" across that was good for the USA sold radiator.
So either the radiator/core support in the 1982 is not correct, or the Australian FJ45 and possibly Troopy's in the 1980's were stocked with a larger radiator for the high temps of the outback.
I am interested in if this maybe true that the USA models were with a 22" wide core support and smaller radiator and the Australian rigs had a much wider support and lager radiator installed or maybe it was an option at the time.
Out of curiosity I would like to ask if any other owner of a FJ45 of the RHD Australian models or others would take a moment and measure the core support and the core width in your rig and maybe post your finding, maybe I just have a strange setup from years ago.
By the way I have contacted Toyota with the part number for a radiator and it is still available but with a request to let me know what the width is of the radiators they sell as a replacement, might be 22" USA ??
Thanks guys
With the search on I found that most all radiators shown for 1970-1980 FJ40/45 listed had a width of 22" . That measurement is from the lip/edge of one side of the mount brace to the outside edge of the other sides mount brace on the radiator. Not from center line of the mounting holes, edge to edge. This is what holds the radiator in place in the core support with 4 or so bolts on each side.
The Champion C-180 and the CSF-180 were the ones I was considering but after I did a bit of measuring of the radiator that is in place now found out that the 22" in width radiators sold would not be able to be mounted or the holes on the new radiators would not reach the mount holes on the core support (cradle).
For an Australian 1982 FJ45 the book calls for a part number 16400-49356. The part number in the picture below is the old PN. The Champion and CSF listings referrer to the part number as a part to replace the original equipment.
With a few more measurements I found that the radiators core on the 82 was also larger (see picture). I measured a 1981 FJ40 (stock USA) and it's core support was 22" across that was good for the USA sold radiator.
So either the radiator/core support in the 1982 is not correct, or the Australian FJ45 and possibly Troopy's in the 1980's were stocked with a larger radiator for the high temps of the outback.
I am interested in if this maybe true that the USA models were with a 22" wide core support and smaller radiator and the Australian rigs had a much wider support and lager radiator installed or maybe it was an option at the time.
Out of curiosity I would like to ask if any other owner of a FJ45 of the RHD Australian models or others would take a moment and measure the core support and the core width in your rig and maybe post your finding, maybe I just have a strange setup from years ago.
By the way I have contacted Toyota with the part number for a radiator and it is still available but with a request to let me know what the width is of the radiators they sell as a replacement, might be 22" USA ??
Thanks guys
