If your truck came WITH the 2.2 two-row radiator, sign in with your build and model.

This thread is just to tally up those With the correct two-row radiator.

My 1997 5.4 XLT DID have the 2.2 (my 2000 has the 1.42).

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My 99 DID come with the 2 core rad that is 2.2" but it also came with a qt low rear diff.

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1999 F-150 4x4,short box,step side,4.6l Triton v-8, A.R.E. hard cover,cab steps,SteelHorse bed rug (liner), Mobil 1 5w30 all the way!! more to come !

 

Wow -- the lack of responses tells me something -- only I don't know what that something is.

All's well here, cuz my dealer just put in a new 2" radiator (ta dah!).

A special 'thank you' goes to those who posted the spec's & photos & technical links for the three radiators.

My technique was simple:

Send a letter to the dealership manager containing a PDF of the spec sheet, picture of the 'errant' 1.42" radiator, copy of the door sticker, and polite request to have the proper one installed.

Being a regular customer (and scheduling in $148 in maintenance work coincident with the core exchange) MIGHT have helped.

Customer-focused management at the dealership DID help!

 

Y2K 7700, I just checked the rad in my 2000 7700 and low and behold, a 1.42" rad was installed. The build date for this truck was August 2000. What was the build date of your truck ? Do you think I should persue the change?

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2000- f150-7700

 

My service manager told me, when questioned about the radiator snafu, that Ford engineers tested the 1.42" radiator and found it didn't cool any better than the 1.02" radiator. Kinda defies logic, doesn't it. If this is true, it sounds like everyone should be going for the 2.02" replacement. Why tear up a truck to put in a radiator that isn't so cool?

 

nuford150,

I learned long ago not to believe anything that the service mgr tells me.

So far, the only 2000 F-150's that I've heard about having the correct radiator for the Tow Pkg are the 7700.

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2000 F-150 XLT Supercab 4X4,5.4,Off Road,Tow Pkg

 

nuford150- The height and width of all 3 radiators is the same. The parts manual that I looked through at Ford listed all 3 radiators under 2000s. The thickness however is a different story; the increased cooling fin area (due to thickness) naturally dissipates heats quicker. The 1.02" radiator looks like a toy radiator next to the 2.02". The 1.42" is better but not as good IMO. After reading many posts, I saw that people were getting both replacement radiators in several different years. I just went in with the intention of getting the 2.02", and proceeded to steer them in that direction.

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2000 F-150 XL, RC, LB, 5.4L, 4R70W, 4.10LS,
Class III tow, Payload #3, & Convenience pkgs.,
4-wheel disc/ABS, Chestnut/Parchment 40/60,
Ford bedliner w/Paintsaver & gas/wheel/spare locks,
K&N F.I.P.K. w/Outwears pre-filter, Superchip,
Dynomax ultra-flow welded 3" cat-back w/ 3" Y-pipe,
Hellwig front & rear anti-sway bars, Rancho RS 9000s,
Pirelli Scorpion Zero 275/60/16s, Mobil 1, K&N oil filter.

 

OPIE, my service manager doesn't seem to believe anything I'm telling him, either.
BTW- I grew up on a farm near Harlan, IA. I must still look like a hick, because that's how Ford is treating me

max mitchell, when I mentioned the 2.02" radiator to my service manager, he replied, "We're not even talking about a 2.02!" I've continued to ask for a 2.02" replacement in all subsequent conversations.
Is 2.02" or 2.20" the correct dimension? The Ford parts rep couldn't anwer this question because his catalog only showed part #s and prices. How did your install go? Was it a bloodied knuckles, half case of beer, encyclopedia of profanity project; or was it pretty straight forward?

 

nuford150- It's 2.02"; part # F75Z-8005-GA, the tag on the new radiator was F75Z-GA. What I did was write down all 3 numbers from the other threads and go directly to the parts department. After verifying the numbers, I took them directly to the service "manager"; as he usually will have to approve it anyway. It's a very simple replacement. It just pops right in with the same brackets and hardware. You need to do a thorough flush to get your coolant mixture back correctly. Correct coolant type, distilled water, and correct transmission fluid are necessary. Proper wrenches to remove the 2 transmission lines help; it took about 1/3 quart. Good Luck.

 

nuford,

Remember how the service dept. treats you when it's time for a new Ford. I think it's the dealer treating you like a hick, and not FoMoCo. That's why I buy my pick-ups from small town dealerships that have no problem dealing with farm boys like me.

I turkey hunt in the Loess Hills just South of Pisgah, not too far from your home town. Why would anyone ever want to leave Gods country like that for WA?

I opted for the 1.42" radiator for my '00 even though it was supposed to have the 2.02. Both radiators have the same coolant capacity, but the 1.42 has wider tubes for more flow and more surface to conduct the heat away from the coolant. The 1.42 also has more fins/inch than the 2.02.


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2000 F-150 XLT Supercab 4X4,5.4,Off Road,Tow Pkg

 

OPIE and Max, thanks for the good info on the radiators and the installation process. I'll bet I could have installed one in less time than it took me to find Pisgah, Iowa, on the map! A mid-fifties drought prompted our move to the great NW. It's been raining ever since

 

Well, all wasn't so easy as it should have been.

It should have been such a great experience -- they did everything right -- almost!

The service manager was quite helpful -- didn't know how to do it, but did it none the less.

The installation SHOULD have gone as Max indicated -- only the mechanic at my dealership jambed a screwdriver under the little plastic screw thing-um-a-bobbies to pop them out.

No tact or finesse. Tool marks at every fastener!

On top of that, he must have had every wrench in his toolbox out on the plastic shroud -- as it is now pretty scratched up.

Best of all -- A 3-foot scratch and small dent also now adorns the RR quarter panel -- where some tool cabinet or diagnostic something-ur-other did a 'shopping-cart-tatoo' to the fender.

After a brief meeting with the Manager, Service Manager, and Mechanic this morning, I accepted their offer to make things right in a couple of weeks.

Mine measures 2.02 (not 2.20); and I took delivery of the truck on 31-Nov-1999 -- and it was built within a month or so before that date.

I didn't didn't think I needed to do what Max did (own installation) -- but wish now that I gone that route; and...

Opie: If I had it to do over, no -- I would have rather kept things as they were rather than go thru the scratches and dent routine.

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I've been around a while, I could see that coming a mile ahead. I avoid dealerships like the plague; it's worked for decades. Jim, I'm very sorry to hear of your inexcusable service.

 

Max -- I thought that standing there with the service writer and taking one of the screw-plugs out with him was enuff -- but there I was 'thinking' again .

I spent 2 hours with McGuires & some plastic slimer today -- and the truck's standin' tall -- with a mole -- but tall.

I got the scratches almost out around the dent -- and will not risk taking it back to the dealer for dent repair (the cure may be worse than the disease).

I was hoping that I'd be able to put the first dent in myself (sigh).

 

That's the similar type of pride that I take in my own vehicles, which is extremely hard to teach to mechanics who see tons of vehicles and own none of them. Happy Truckin !!