daddiojigg

Looks like i will need a new radiator. It appears i have a minute leak at bottom of rad on pass side.I'd prefer OEM( Denso, maybe?) but i have access to Spectra. Anyone out there done this job and used this rad?
Thanks.
P.S. how long did it take?

thomas1

I purchased Denso from RockAuto for around $100. It takes about 2 hours to replace.

daddiojigg

Thanks t1. I saw a video of the re/re and the guy took out the fan assembly. I didn't understand why he NEEDED to but he did. Your time estimate of 2 hrs leads me to believe that it(fans) can stay in and just remove the old rad. Is this correct? Any tricks?
Thank you.

thomas1

No you have to remove fans..you need the room to maneuver the radiator and protect the AC . By the way mine is leaking again.

daddiojigg

I bow to your greatness!! Took me more like two DAYS than 2 hours!! Didn't help that the first radiator i put in had a leak in the petcock that couldn't be fixed!! Arghhh!! Nevertheless ,two hours is amazing.

thomas1

Well that was first time, my hands are worse now and I just ordered new radiator. Will see how it goes this time.

thomas1

Well just replaced radiator again, one tip, remove two 8 mm screws going thru condenser radiator to bottom bracket. this will allow you to lift condenser out of bottom mounting bracket and and then put a 3/4 inch block of wood under bottom radiator mount so you can access the bottom two bolts (12mm) I installed new radiator in the lower mount before installing in the car and walked the lower mount under the condenser radiator into the two rubber shock mounts. This worked really well. Anyway even with my old man hands did the job in 3 hours...