Will an 87 YJ Radiator fit a CJ7?

[Rescue Diver]

Will a radiator out of an 87 Wrangler fit in a 76-86 CJ7 , or are the mounting brackets different for the rectangular headlight grill?

 

[xj287]

it can be done, but the mounting tabs need to be modified.

 

[Rescue Diver]

it can be done, but the mounting tabs need to be modified.

Thanks! Do they just need new holes drilled, or would I have to cut or fabricate anything?

 

[xj287]

A little minor fabrication is all thats needed. You simply need to make new mounting tabs. I'm running a TJ radiator in my CJ, took about 5 minutes to retro fit it. The YJ radiator is pretty close to that.

 

[Rescue Diver]

I found a CJ7 radiator that I'm picking up this afternoon so I won't have to worry about it.

Thanks for all the info anyway!

 

[ThisGuyUKnow]

A little minor fabrication is all thats needed. You simply need to make new mounting tabs. I'm running a TJ radiator in my CJ, took about 5 minutes to retro fit it. The YJ radiator is pretty close to that.

Oh I am always looking for a new interesting retrofit.... What benefits do you see over the cj radiator by running that tj one

 

[ThisGuyUKnow]

A little minor fabrication is all thats needed. You simply need to make new mounting tabs. I'm running a TJ radiator in my CJ, took about 5 minutes to retro fit it. The YJ radiator is pretty close to that.

xj287,
how much better is that tj rad working for you over a stock cj one?

 

[Rescue Diver]

xj287,
how much better is that tj rad working for you over a stock cj one?

Geeze I hope he can't tell the difference between radiators? It's a radiator. Either it keeps the engine temp down and holds water or it doesn't. The whole reason I started this thread was to see if a YJ radiator would fit a CJ since I had found a good deal on one and the old radiator I had was junk. I've since purchased a good CJ radiator.

 

[ThisGuyUKnow]

Geeze I hope he can't tell the difference between radiators? It's a radiator. Either it keeps the engine temp down and holds water or it doesn't. The whole reason I started this thread was to see if a YJ radiator would fit a CJ since I had found a good deal on one and the old radiator I had was junk. I've since purchased a good CJ radiator.

Well if the radiator didn't perform better(IE keep the engine cooler with less effort) than the cj radiator then I would assume there wouldn't be any use in finding a Wrangler radiator that would cost more and require fabricating.

 

[Rescue Diver]

Well if the radiator didn't perform better(IE keep the engine cooler with less effort) than the cj radiator then I would assume there wouldn't be any use in finding a Wrangler radiator that would cost more and require fabricating.

That's the point. I had located a cheap deal on a nearly new YJ radiator and I needed a new radiator for my CJ. I wasn't thinking a YJ radiator would be an upgrade or cool any better than a Cj radiator. I just hadn't run across a good deal on a CJ radiator yet, a YJ radiator was available, and I wanted to get that part of my project out of the way. Like I said before. After I started this thread, I found a good CJ radiator on the local KC Jeep Club forum. It's all good now.