[Santos]

Heya All. 'Vitara' is ignored by search filter which makes it difficult to find.

Friends '94 1.6L LWB Vitara needs a new radiator. They are prettry cheap on ebay just wondering if anyone can tell me if the Tall (425mm ) and Short (375mm) versions they got listed are model specific. The sellers recommend measuring before ordering howver her car and me are at tthe opposite ends of sydney today and i figured it doesn't hurt to ask here. (usually)

[royce]

Mine was a short, surely she can open a bonnet and poke a tape down there?

[Joe]

One is for swb and the other is for lwb not sure which is which though

Edit going by Royce's post id say ya need the longer one

[Santos]

royce wrote:

Mine was a short, surely she can open a bonnet and poke a tape down there?

You would think but she has the confidence of ... of.. of...

you get the idea.

Joe wrote:

One is for swb and the other is for lwb not sure which is which though

Edit going by Royce's post id say ya need the longer one

i'm guessing the same thing. Bigger Heavier vehicle = more cooling

[jono165]

Maybe have a look through this. It will give you the part no. for the radiator which you can then scroll down to the back and it shows a pic with all the dimensions. It looks like the tall one is manual only and the short one is manual/auto.

http://www.repcotrade.com.au/files/dmfi ... mplete.pdf

[tonyevans]

Just measured my 1994 LWB and it is the 425 one. Mines Auto.

[Santos]

tonyevans wrote:

Just measured my 1994 LWB and it is the 425 one. Mines Auto.

Cheers! hers is manual i think we are pretty close on this one

[Santos]

so she went out and measure it and said 'its about 40cm' which is exactly halfway between the two and not helpful

so i told her to put down the phone and measure it properly and call me back

*sigh*

[Santos]

she just called me back, its the short one, wonder what the resoning behind it all is. Maybe the tall one was a factory option?? Are there diferent trim levels for the lwb? i thought they all where just 1.6l estates

[atari4x4]

tall one is probably to allow for the in tank auto trans cooler

[christover1]

tonyevans wrote:

Just measured my 1994 LWB and it is the 425 one. Mines Auto.

Me too, just bought new one, hence can remember the number

[royce]

I reckon it is LWB SWB thing as you couldnt fit a taller one in a SWB, due to the chassis crossmember under the radiator.
LWB is a different chassis so would have more room

the SWB one I bought has a trans cooler as well

[Santos]

royce wrote:

I reckon it is LWB SWB thing as you couldnt fit a taller one in a SWB, due to the chassis crossmember under the radiator.
LWB is a different chassis so would have more room

the SWB one I bought has a trans cooler as well

if it was my own car i would of got the taller one based on the same sort of reasoning but when you do favours for friends best keep it the same as what you got