John, I have a new SA radiator that brought home from my shop today to try to answer any questions. As best as I can measure,the total dimensions are 18 inches tall, 26 wide, 2 inches deep(thick).  The aluminum core is 23 1/4 wide, 16 1/2 inches tall, and 1 3/4 inches thick.  There is a plastic tank on each side of the radiator, the right side being the fill and return tubes, with the fill and return connections being located at the bottom right corner of the radiator, located on the back side of the radiator, toward the rear of the van..  At the top of the radiator there is no filler spout with radiator cap, but instead a threaded hole with a bolt inserted which is used to bleed the radiator. I hope this helps.  Please feel free to contact me if I can help further. Maybe other listees cans elaborate/correct any errors.  Thanks, Larry                                   John P wrote:
Brent, appreciate the sarcasm.But don't treat me like a moron.Of course I do not expect anyone to dismantle their vehicle to do this!!There must be someone on the list that has/had or is about to remove a radiator that could easily do this.Regards.John.
----- Original Message -----
From: BRENT CHRISTENSEN
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: Radiator
 John:

The likely reason you aren't getting a response is that it would require disassembly and removal of the radiator in order to get an accurate measurement!

While I believe in going out of my way from time to time for the benefit of the List, I think that most people would agree that pulling the radiator in order to measure it would be going way beyond the call of duty.  :-)

Maybe a list vendor or someone that has one already out can measure for you...

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of John P
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 1:44 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Radiator

I am asking this question for the third time, can someone please give me the dimensions of the Vanagon radiator core?
Its width, lenght and depth as well as how many rows (depth) of cooling tubes there are. ie is it a 2 core, or 3 core radiator etc.

I obviously do not have one, they are almost impossible to get here in New Zealand, so I want to use a radiator from another vehicle, making sure the donor radiator is as close as possible to the original VW.

Regards,
John
1982 air cooled. (soon to be water cooled.)
----- Original Message -----
From: John P
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 9:32 PM
Subject: Fw: Radiator
 

----- Original Message -----
From: John P
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 8:10 AM
Subject: Radiator

Can anyone give me the physical dimensions of the Vanagon radiator, inches or cm, don't mind.
Also the thickness of the Rad and how many rows (depth) of "cooling tubes" there are.
Thanks
John.