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Coolant system capacity?

Cbarnes
Went to the page that has the owners guides to try and find out what the coolant capacity is for my truck.
When I clicked on the blue 1984 link nothing happened.  Got 2 small circles on diagonal corners of the block that the link was in, but nothing else.

Can someone tell me what the coolant system capacity is for a 1984 F250 with 460 is?  Want to make sure I have enough antifreeze on hand when I change the radiator.

Thanks,
Carl
1984 F-250, XLT, SuperCab, 460, C-6, 4X4
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Re: Coolant system capacity?

Gary Lewis
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Me thinks you didn't wait long enough.  It took quite a while for me, but here's what I found:

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Re: Coolant system capacity?

Cbarnes
Thanks Gary
1984 F-250, XLT, SuperCab, 460, C-6, 4X4
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Re: Coolant system capacity?

HBF84
Cbarnes,

I have a 1984 F-150 with a 4.9 and no A/C.  It says 13 quarts in the book but I was flushing the coolant this weekend and each flush produced 8 quarts.  That was draining at the petcock valve on the radiator only.  I suspect if you pull the lower radiator hose, thermostat, heater hoses, you would get closer to that “13 quarts”.  

Anyhow, I suspect that it’s easier to just keep the receipt for the coolant!
1984 F-150 2wd short bed with 4.9L, 4 speed overdrive manual transmission, and 3.08 rear end (18) switched to the 3.55 limited slip (H9).
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Re: Coolant system capacity?

Pete Whitstone
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5.8 liter motor here, so it's going to be different, and also my motor was freshly rebuilt so absolutely dry system, but with the bigger radiator it took just under 5 gallons.

With presumably some coolant left in the block, 4 gallons should do it, but 5 to be on the safe side.
81 F150 Flareside, Edelbrock Pro Flow4 FI, hydraulic roller 351W, E4OD, 4x4, BW1356
92 F150 RCLB 351W E40D BW1356 mostly stock