Re: 1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

:agree:

Re: 1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

Looking great!! Keep the updates coming!!

Re: 1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

Great build. I’ll follow along.

1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

New fuel tank & inner fenders from LMC Truck, very happy with them. Radiator next!

1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

Does anyone know of a company they would recommend that would build me a custom radiator? The harmonic balancer on the Deere engine is currently sitting right in the center of where the original radiator was located. After studying the front core support, I think my only option is to have a custom radiator fabricated, & mount it in front of the core support, behind the grill. 17''x36'' ish.. Any input would be great! Thanks guys,

Re: 1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

Instead of going custom and having issues getting it repaired later, can you use a 2nd gen Dodge radiator? I cut out the center of the chevy radiator supports and add the 2nd gen dodge rad and intercooler when I do my swaps now. Easier to get parts on the side of the road if anything ever happens and that radiator does a good job cooling. Here is a link with some measurements for them.

https://shop.championcooling.com/199...-2500-SKU-1552

Re: 1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

Good to see some progress on this thing. I'm glad you are still at it.

Re: 1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

Congrats on your new shop, and glad that you're back at it.

1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

Radiator is in! I ended up finding a company that builds radiators to size, & had one made as big as I could to fit between the core support upright sections. Rubber mounted on the bottom & top. I need to reinforce the top section of the core support that was removed next.

Re: 1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

Any updates? This is a great project

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This is a damn cool build man! The closest I've seen was a mechanic that used to work on busses put a 3308 Cat in his crew cab drw for pushing the busses around.

Re: 1983 Chevy John Deere Re-power
 

He hasn't been on here in a year and a half. You could try a p.m., or search for his screen name on instagram. He's a younger fella, and may have moved to that or Facebook format.