3rd Gen Radiator - not SHO

[Fine89]

I guess the rad on the SLO/SHO is same? Anyway, my SLO has a leak and was looking at the Haynes manual.

Do I have to take the headlights and bumper cover off to get to it? How much of a pain is it - dealer wants $350 - DOH

 

[SHOZ123]

Here's what a member on the V8 email list just went through.

1) remove the battery
2) disconnect all Pilot light wiring
3) front facia out
4) unhook new extra tranny cooler lines (don't don't take off tranny cooler from air conidition condensor radiator) & disconnect lower OEM tranny coolerand OEM Power Steering cooler
5) purge air conditioner
6) empty radiator
7) raise cooling sub-assembly
8) remove old radiator
9 install new radiator

repeat process in reverse for th re-install

 

[JaySHOguy]

SHOZ123:
Here's what a member on the V8 email list just went through.

1) remove the battery
2) disconnect all Pilot light wiring
3) front facia out
4) unhook new extra tranny cooler lines (don't don't take off tranny cooler from air conidition condensor radiator) & disconnect lower OEM tranny coolerand OEM Power Steering cooler
5) purge air conditioner
6) empty radiator
7) raise cooling sub-assembly
8) remove old radiator
9 install new radiator

repeat process in reverse for th re-install

You have to do all that to take out the ******* radiator??? What a friggin joke! oh_my

That makes NO sense at all

 

[Ian Macoomb]

Fine89:
I guess the rad on the SLO/SHO is same? Anyway, my SLO has a leak and was looking at the Haynes manual.

Do I have to take the headlights and bumper cover off to get to it? How much of a pain is it - dealer wants $350 - DOH

According to my parts list the rad is the same.

 

[SHO Shop]

Jay97SHO:
You have to do all that to take out the ******* radiator??? What a friggin joke! oh_my

That makes NO sense at all

It's true, add I had to remove my headlights also to get to some of the bolts needed for removal. Who knows what Ford was thinking when they hid the radiator that deep in there.

 

[XLSuruaT]

My mechanic was telling me that some car companies purposely design their cars to make things difficult to replace so you go straight to the stealers for service.