85 Turbo Gas SR5 PU 2X2
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85 Turbo Gas SR5 PU 2X2
Does anyone know why most places ( forums, parts houses, etc. ) do not list the 85 model year as having a gas turbo model?
On the same subject: someone from this forum who has a gas turbo Toy PU told me that the radiator has a connection that goes to the turbo. This truck has been in the family since new and the radiator was rebuilt once and i took the radiator out and reinstalled it. There wasn't any hose from the radiator to the turbo.
So if the 85 is the only model without such a connection how difficult would it be to put one in and would it be worth the effort?
On the same subject: someone from this forum who has a gas turbo Toy PU told me that the radiator has a connection that goes to the turbo. This truck has been in the family since new and the radiator was rebuilt once and i took the radiator out and reinstalled it. There wasn't any hose from the radiator to the turbo.
So if the 85 is the only model without such a connection how difficult would it be to put one in and would it be worth the effort?
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Does anyone know why most places ( forums, parts houses, etc. ) do not list the 85 model year as having a gas turbo model?
On the same subject: someone from this forum who has a gas turbo Toy PU told me that the radiator has a connection that goes to the turbo. This truck has been in the family since new and the radiator was rebuilt once and i took the radiator out and reinstalled it. There wasn't any hose from the radiator to the turbo.
So if the 85 is the only model without such a connection how difficult would it be to put one in and would it be worth the effort?
On the same subject: someone from this forum who has a gas turbo Toy PU told me that the radiator has a connection that goes to the turbo. This truck has been in the family since new and the radiator was rebuilt once and i took the radiator out and reinstalled it. There wasn't any hose from the radiator to the turbo.
So if the 85 is the only model without such a connection how difficult would it be to put one in and would it be worth the effort?
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Can you elabor8 some or point me to a picture?
Isn't it possible that the 85 didn't have it? i know that Volvo didn't add an inter cooler until a year or two after it was introduced.
The user manual on my truck talks about letting the PU idle a minute or so before turning it off.
Isn't it possible that the 85 didn't have it? i know that Volvo didn't add an inter cooler until a year or two after it was introduced.
The user manual on my truck talks about letting the PU idle a minute or so before turning it off.
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I can get you a pic of the rad only .. it is the front side , on the otherside , top tank , there is a tube (you can see the tube zap straped on the mount flange) it is threaded to fit into the top , front of the tank ..
this rad is going into my toyota Trekker with a 3.4L .. so I can't supply you with a pic of it in an /85 vintage .
this rad is going into my toyota Trekker with a 3.4L .. so I can't supply you with a pic of it in an /85 vintage .
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Even if I could find a radiator from a later model how would I connect it if the earlier turbo doesn't have a place to connect it to? and my guess would be the channeling for the coolant would be missing as well?
23 years and still running...maybe I should leave well enough alone.
Thanks for the picture...good luck with your Trekker!
23 years and still running...maybe I should leave well enough alone.
Thanks for the picture...good luck with your Trekker!
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There is no doubt that there is scale inside the core but it never overheats and there is no coolant in the oil.
The last time i had a problem with the radiator i had it rebuilt; that was 13 years ago and for about four of those years the truck sat with the radiator drained.
No i have a choice of three radiators none of which have that extra turbo connection: 1 is a wide one core aluminum radiator 2 is a large one core brass radiator and 3 is a 3 core radiator which is obviously the same thickness as the others so i'm guessing that each core is thinner. Either that or i don't understand the engineering of it all.
So the question is which one is best?
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