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Old 06-23-2006, 06:22 PM
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radiator removal??

can't seem to get the radiator out followed all the steps in the haynes manual but it still won't come out took off both of the motor to radiator support mounts off and still no... any thing im over looking?

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can't seem to get the radiator out followed all the steps in the haynes manual but it still won't come out took off both of the motor to radiator support mounts off and still no... any thing im over looking?

97 gt 3800 non sc
Fender support on passenger side, washer tank, and battery. I didn't have a manual. A little twisting and turning.
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can't seem to get the radiator out followed all the steps in the haynes manual but it still won't come out took off both of the motor to radiator support mounts off and still no... any thing im over looking?

97 gt 3800 non sc
Not being a wise guy here, cooler lines are disconnected?
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Re: radiator removal??

lol yeah, everything is disconnected, got the fans out disconnected the hoses, disconnected motor mounts to rad support

i can get the radiator to move freely i just can't seem to get it out, i thought it would come out from the top but doesn't look like it has enuff room, i tried taking it from beneath and that doesn't work either... anybody have any more detail?
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Re: radiator removal??

I got mine out from the top just last week. I could not get it out without removing the battery as the hose neck on that side would not clear. There are two brackets at the top and after everything else is removed it just lift out. It does not attach at the bottom, the two rubber cushions sit down in sockets.
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Re: radiator removal??

Did you ever get it out?
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Old 06-27-2006, 07:17 PM
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Re: radiator removal??

yeah i got it out today replaced it and its still overheating... dumm fuks at firestone told me the radiator was cracked and leaking... i replaced it today and called them back to tell them they were wrong and the guy changed his story and said it was 'clogged' now im down to only one thing, the water pump, it was changed out by firestone in atlanta back in january and im thinking the fuks didnt know what they were doing anway im going to flush it out like a muther as soon as i go pick it up (overheated on me a few minutes ago and now is sitting on the side of the I-10)

sry for bishing like a lil girl im just pissed that i have to spend my own money on a friends car
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Re: radiator removal??

Has your intake gaskets been replaced? Most likely is not your waterpump. Also could be the thermostat. When mine overheated three weeks ago I removed the thermostat and refilled and saw water coming from the UIM gasket on the passenger side. I was way past due on the intake gasket job.
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Re: radiator removal??

nope its the water pump (i previously took out the thermostat to help with overheating so thats eliminated) anyways, i removed the thermostate housing to radiator hose and connected the garden hose to the radiator on full blast, had my brother start the car and rev it constantly at 3k well, sometimes it pumped water, sometimes it didn't... the culprit... the water pump
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Old 06-30-2006, 10:45 PM
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Re: radiator removal??

well changed the water pump and that wasn't it

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