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Breaking Connections & Getting Radiator Free – cont’d
10. Remove the Upper Radiator hose.
11. Remove the lower radiator hose.
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12. Since this is a Standard Transmission there are no Trans cooling lines to fuss with.[/b]Breaking Connections & Getting Radiator Free – cont’d
Fan electrical connection – opened!
electrical connection on Temp sensor
What a clean one looks like…..
Breaking Connections & Getting Radiator Free – cont’d
Fan electrical connection – opened!
electrical connection on Temp sensor
What a clean one looks like…..
Breaking Connections & Getting Radiator Free
9. Break electrical connections for the cooling fan, temperature sensor and condenser fan.
*** This is imho the crux of the repair – breaking connectors****
If you have never seen the connectors, not sure how they work (release) and they are gooped up. Get them free and the rest is a piece of cake.
Breaking Connections & Getting Radiator Free
9. Break electrical connections for the cooling fan, temperature sensor and condenser fan.
*** This is imho the crux of the repair – breaking connectors****
If you have never seen the connectors, not sure how they work (release) and they are gooped up. Get them free and the rest is a piece of cake.
Making some room to work – cont’d
4. Remove plastic clips that hold the A/C lines to the back of the radiator.
5. Remove the A/C line hold down bolt next to the battery, Lifting allows it to move back
NOTE: As I take bolts out, I tag and label them, before setting aside. This way I can find what I need later, and know where the “extra” left over bolt goes!
6. Remove the power steering line from the clamp next to plug wires, allows move back.
7. Bungee cord the A/C and PS lines to pull them away (toward engine) to give room.
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8. Jack up car to gain access from below. Chalk wheels, jack stands and blocks as back-up.[/b]
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.Making some room to work – cont’d
4. Remove plastic clips that hold the A/C lines to the back of the radiator.
5. Remove the A/C line hold down bolt next to the battery, Lifting allows it to move back
NOTE: As I take bolts out, I tag and label them, before setting aside. This way I can find what I need later, and know where the “extra” left over bolt goes!
6. Remove the power steering line from the clamp next to plug wires, allows move back.
7. Bungee cord the A/C and PS lines to pull them away (toward engine) to give room.
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8. Jack up car to gain access from below. Chalk wheels, jack stands and blocks as back-up.[/b]
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.Making some room to work
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1. Remove two sections of the air-intake duct work.[/b]
Here’s an overview of the air ducts….Removing the air ducts…
2. Pull coil wire off of the distributor cap.
3. Remove the wire support that attaches to the Rad which holds some of the duct work
Making some room to work
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1. Remove two sections of the air-intake duct work.[/b]
Here’s an overview of the air ducts….Removing the air ducts…
2. Pull coil wire off of the distributor cap.
3. Remove the wire support that attaches to the Rad which holds some of the duct work
Hey, just wanted to let everyone know I finished the repair and have written a “Step-by-step” of what I did, complete with pictures. I’m even done with editing the pictures!
Unfortunately the site is having some trouble with the BBCode editor – it isn’t loading. I think I need that editor to help me create the post in order to get it to look right.
Once that gets fixed, I’ll post my report.
Been looking forward to “giving back” to the forum – I’ll just have to be a little patient!
Haven’t forgotten all the kind help here!
Hey, just wanted to let everyone know I finished the repair and have written a “Step-by-step” of what I did, complete with pictures. I’m even done with editing the pictures!
Unfortunately the site is having some trouble with the BBCode editor – it isn’t loading. I think I need that editor to help me create the post in order to get it to look right.
Once that gets fixed, I’ll post my report.
Been looking forward to “giving back” to the forum – I’ll just have to be a little patient!
Haven’t forgotten all the kind help here!
barneyb is right – forget the thermostats from the BiG Box stores!
After doing some research on thermostats and then comparing the \”best\” grade Big Box thermostat versus the OEM one, I made a return to the Big Box. Then I spent $4 more at the dealer for an OE thermostat and new gasket.
I noticed that some of the thermostats the Big Box stores sell have \”alternative set points\” (different temperatures) than what the OE specs call for. Often I had to drill down into the specs before this was obvious. Since Eric says the FI engine is dependent on engine temperature I didn\’t want to mess with any temperature \”adjustment\” that an alternate thermostat might encumber.
Also watch Eric\’s bleeding a cooling system video and follow that. I found a cheapo radiator funnel that I modified with some tape to do pretty much the same job as the $35 one he uses. As college man points out, air can be the culprit – get those two cycles of the radiator fan before calling it quits (filled). I\’m just sayin\’
Oh and making sure the air gets out of the system – make sure the little air valve on the thermostat is at the top (12-o’clock) position! Otherwise, yeah, some air could get trapped behind the thermostat.
Oh and I did a really good flush on my cooling system using a mix that ran in the engine for 3 to 6 hours.
Might as well hit all of the maintenance bases on this before looking elsewhere.
Good luck!
barneyb is right – forget the thermostats from the BiG Box stores!
After doing some research on thermostats and then comparing the \”best\” grade Big Box thermostat versus the OEM one, I made a return to the Big Box. Then I spent $4 more at the dealer for an OE thermostat and new gasket.
I noticed that some of the thermostats the Big Box stores sell have \”alternative set points\” (different temperatures) than what the OE specs call for. Often I had to drill down into the specs before this was obvious. Since Eric says the FI engine is dependent on engine temperature I didn\’t want to mess with any temperature \”adjustment\” that an alternate thermostat might encumber.
Also watch Eric\’s bleeding a cooling system video and follow that. I found a cheapo radiator funnel that I modified with some tape to do pretty much the same job as the $35 one he uses. As college man points out, air can be the culprit – get those two cycles of the radiator fan before calling it quits (filled). I\’m just sayin\’
Oh and making sure the air gets out of the system – make sure the little air valve on the thermostat is at the top (12-o’clock) position! Otherwise, yeah, some air could get trapped behind the thermostat.
Oh and I did a really good flush on my cooling system using a mix that ran in the engine for 3 to 6 hours.
Might as well hit all of the maintenance bases on this before looking elsewhere.
Good luck!
Best advice I can suggest is to go to you tube and look up Junkman2000. This dude, who has his own channel, is the ETCG of making yer ride shinny. He’s gunna show you in NUMEROUS videos how to wash your car, clay the car to get imbedded dirt off and then remove (polishing)the swirls and minor scratches from the clear coat in order to get a fine shine.
Dude doesn’t pull any punches, gives you the straight dope at a level even a beginner can follow. He shows you how to do it on an “every day” car, not on some already highly polished million dollar dream car. To do it right, it is an investment of time.
Oh and AJ is pretty cool about responding to questions posted in response to his videos or to messages.
Dude is down in Lexington, so not too far away from Eric.
Best advice I can suggest is to go to you tube and look up Junkman2000. This dude, who has his own channel, is the ETCG of making yer ride shinny. He’s gunna show you in NUMEROUS videos how to wash your car, clay the car to get imbedded dirt off and then remove (polishing)the swirls and minor scratches from the clear coat in order to get a fine shine.
Dude doesn’t pull any punches, gives you the straight dope at a level even a beginner can follow. He shows you how to do it on an “every day” car, not on some already highly polished million dollar dream car. To do it right, it is an investment of time.
Oh and AJ is pretty cool about responding to questions posted in response to his videos or to messages.
Dude is down in Lexington, so not too far away from Eric.
