95 ranger rad

[Hunter1701]

Will an 89 2.9 radiator direct swap into a 95 4.0? Both trucks are manual. Thank you!

 

[franklin2]

No. Rockauto shows different numbers for the radiators for each of those trucks. If they would fit, they would only carry one radiator for both applications, less inventory on the shelf. That is the reason you buy parts now with fittings you have to plug that you do not need, they are making the parts fit more applications. But in your case, something is seriously different between the two radiators.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Sometime around then the radiator mounts changed, I don't know if it was the body style change or something else.

If it helps the Explorers of a similar era are interchangeable, my '97 Ranger and my '98-00 Explorers have the same style radiator mounts. At least through '92 in the Rangers the radiator had two studs coming out of the plastic tanks at the bottom that go into the core support, in my '97 Ranger and Explorers have wedges on the side tanks right in the middle that go to brackets on the core support.