Replacing Radiator in my 5.0

[vroomzoomboom]

take the alt. bracket off. it will give you some more room to work with. its only held on by three bolts that wont snap like your patients trying to do it like that. glad i changed mine before i put the motor back in.

 

[Trolling]

3 hours tops with a snack break.

i just replaced mine last month. took the 2 trans lines off, radiator hoses top and bottom, disconnected the fan shroud, took off all the bolts and side clips holding the radiator and slid it up and off.

 

[boominXplorer]

Since its so cold where you are I would go with welding a nut to the end if you could. Like turtle said, the heat will help break it loose as well as give you some leverage with with something to now grip on.

 

[gavin]

luckily I do have a 110 welder.. albeit very old. I'll try welding a nut on, if I can find one floating around.

and I already took off 2 of the bolts holding the alt bracket up... figured I might have been able to rotate it out of the way, rather than completely remove it so won't be too difficult to finish that.

edit: think the welding part will work with the condition the bolt is currently in? already being drilled out and splitting apart?

 

[gavin]

any idea how long that particular bolt/stud is?
I got a "water pump mounting hardware" kit, but it only comes with 2 long studs and 1 long bolt.
2 of the bolts are quite short; I assume the ones that bolt in to the timing chain cover?

going to just drill it out and tap it; use a helicoil if we can't tap it to the same size.
But I have no clue how far/deep we need to go.

 

[gavin]

ok, so managed to make something workable with the busted stud.

now attemping to get the water pump back on.... what a pita with the very short hose that goes from the oil filter adapter to the water pump.

can't get the effin thing to fit on right.

 

[gavin]

holy eff balls...

finally got the new water pump in!
only took..... 14+ hrs? to get this far.
hopefully get it finished up tomorrow...

 

[lounge lizard]

stay with it man!

your making head way on this project. it is the easy ones that take the longest.

 

[gavin]

stay with it man!

your making head way on this project. it is the easy ones that take the longest.

oh yeah, the rest will be cake.
all that's left is the fan, water pump pulley, belt, and radiator.

never would have thought installing a new water pump alone could take 4+ hours.
that short hose from the oil filter adapter to the water pump is a PITA.

then to find out the hole with the busted stud, that got drilled and tapped with the same size was off-center
had to drill the out the hole in the pump a few sizes to get the bolt in.
But, they're all torqued down to ~20lbs/ft

 

[lounge lizard]

yea!
I hope you won't have to change that pump any time soon. it should last another 100K

so all in all you'll only have less than 8 hrs into this project.

 

[gavin]

ok... new question/conflict, since I already have a thread going.
going to try searching though, too.

lower radiator hose with a body lift.
I've decided I didn't want to screw around with trying to get the radiator mounted with the drop brackets. I know I will need to cut the shroud.

but what about the lower radiator hose? Do I just need to trim to fit?

I have new hoses which I haven't touched yet...
the original hose, I cut off about 1-2 inches from the end that goes on to the oil filter adapter/cooler, but there's still a hard kink in the hose.

keep trimming? trim a bit from both ends?

 

[gavin]

meh... so it was actually easier for me to drop the radiator than to figure out how to work the hose :

 

[Joe Dirt]

oh yeah, the rest will be cake.

Gavin, you know better than to say things like this out loud...

 

[gavin]

Gavin, you know better than to say things like this out loud...

hah.. yeah.

I know.

upper hose collapsed on itself while running with the cap in the half-closed position.
would that mean there's still air in the system?

 

[gavin]

so I answered my own question... hah.
also getting heat out of the heater now.

being cautiously optimistic... gonna go for a quick spin.
But, no leaks as of yet
/knockonwood

 

[lounge lizard]

radiator hoses??

you guys kill me!


I replaced my upper hose with a flexible hose that is ribbed.

I haven't done the lower hose because it really hasn't been an issue. I found that the stock hose was pulling on the manifold, which I believe was/is helping my radiator leak.

although! I do have a crack in the manifold on the passenger side as you did.

:

 

[gavin]

she's all done.
took it for a spin.
good heat and no leaks.

finally.... now to finally get a few hours of lounging on a 3-day weekend.