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Started by _sloper_ , Jul 08 2015 06:20 PM

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#1 _sloper_

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 06:20 PM

Goodaye all

 

Got hold of a new LJ heater core, thing is on the box it says LC LJ LH LX Heater core???????

Apart form the pipe configeration is the core itself the same size?

 

Anybody able to measure a LJ core for me?

 

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 06:28 PM

Mmm i thought they were different and please tell me who sells them
i thought they only made LH LX ones

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 06:36 PM

ADRAD  HTR809N17T

Says on the Label Torana LC LJ LH LX  69-76

Pipes dont worry me its the core size.

 

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Edited by sloper, 08 July 2015 - 06:37 PM.

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 06:47 PM

Rares only sell the LX ones afaik they couldnt get anybody to recon LC L j ones
unless things have changed

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 06:52 PM

I got my LJ one recon by a radiator shop and they told me never to bring them another one
prick of a job apparently

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 06:57 PM

FYI UC is same as LH / LX too


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Posted 08 July 2015 - 07:07 PM

Yes l noticed the orginal LJ core is a odd shape in the tanks.

 

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 09:04 PM

here you go.. I just happen to be rebuilding heater boxes now..

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 09:21 PM

Ok the one supplied to me is 40mm thick 240mm long 150mm high

 

Be will be going back tomorrow :furious:

 

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 09:22 PM

And let them have it Bruce

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 09:24 PM

Is there any wriggle room in the height?

 

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 09:26 PM

nope.. about 3mm..

enough for the aircon foam that goes between the core and the top of the box.. it sits on the core frame on the bottom. I put aircon foam under there as well.. wont hurt. The rubber bit on the tubes, and the foam at the end hold it it place bewteen the 2 halves.. not real good idea, but it works.

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 09:30 PM

Ahhh this !##$%%^%#@#, luckly its on account.

 

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 10:52 PM

As a  side note l was going to use a pulse width generater to control the fan speed instead of a resister.

 

http://www.ebay.com....=item51ce286209

 

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Edited by sloper, 08 July 2015 - 10:59 PM.

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Posted 08 July 2015 - 10:56 PM

This core is LC.

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Posted 09 July 2015 - 03:01 AM

What does the tag mean Dave

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Posted 09 July 2015 - 08:05 AM

Not really sure about the code number on the black part of the tag (probably the manufacture code for LC Torana heater core). The S stands for Sydney and the production date code should be on stamped into the silver window.


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Posted 09 July 2015 - 08:33 AM

I found 2 differnt types of cores.. The skiny one came out of an LJ box and tha fat one came out of an LC.

Big differnce..

Gold sticker reads "L3 S" asumme 12/73???

 

and it has some numbers stamped on the big tank with out pipes,, reads  "registered core design #51473" and on the other side is a stamp in lead "#3".

so 73 LJ..

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Posted 09 July 2015 - 06:43 PM

Going thru this myself.
NATRAD list one for all Toranas LC thru UC.
Obviously not going to fit all models properly.
Rare Spares are looking into this as we speak and hope they come up with good fitting cores for us.
Their LX core supplied is way skinnier and only available with 2X 5/8" pipes.
LH and early LX had 5/8" & 3/4" pipes. Not sure what they supply for LC & LJ.
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Posted 09 July 2015 - 08:59 PM

Spoke to NATRAD, thats all they supply and the said my heater setup is the problem. :banghead:

Didnt really want too listen.

 

They do have the smaller recore.

 

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Posted 10 July 2015 - 01:14 AM

i was right mike on the last letter,number :)   k9 on mine....will pull that sticker off so the radiator dude dont melt it.

ive seen one on ebay for yonks but it has 8 core hole lines instead of 7

 

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Posted 10 July 2015 - 03:43 PM

It will be recore only. There is only two cores listed that will do the job, only difference is the thickness and therefore the style of core is also different. Depending on which heater you have will depend on the core used. The two show above flows in different was, one down one side then back up, the other down the front and then up the back. The thicker core wont suit the front to back style as there will be a row of tubes in the way of the tanks.


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Posted 10 July 2015 - 06:03 PM

It will be recore only. There is only two cores listed that will do the job, only difference is the thickness and therefore the style of core is also different. Depending on which heater you have will depend on the core used. The two show above flows in different was, one down one side then back up, the other down the front and then up the back. The thicker core wont suit the front to back style as there will be a row of tubes in the way of the tanks.

I don't believe the position of the tubes through the end plates would be much of an issue, rather It is the design of the end plates that dictates which OEM tanks can be fitted to which OEM core.

 

My OEM cores are dated B3 and E0


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Posted 11 July 2015 - 01:00 PM

Mmm, yes and no. One of the cores available will probably do both style of heater as long as measurements are exactly the same between the two styles. One of the cores is a staggered tube core (stc). It is a 3 row core that, by name has a staggered arrangement of cores so can't be used on the heater that has the"baffle" down the centre. There are a row of tubes in the way. But that's just the nitty gritty that a radiator guy should know.

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Posted 11 July 2015 - 01:15 PM

Mmm, yes and no. One of the cores available will probably do both style of heater as long as measurements are exactly the same between the two styles. One of the cores is a staggered tube core (stc). It is a 3 row core that, by name has a staggered arrangement of cores so can't be used on the heater that has the"baffle" down the centre. There are a row of tubes in the way. But that's just the nitty gritty that a radiator guy should know.

Ok, I couldn't see that the LC core has a staggered third row of tubes and I'm not about to wreck the core to find out. Thanks for the info.

 

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