congrats! That was allot of work!!.. BUT good job...

 

Thanks, Yes it was.

The oil cooler adapter was a real pain. It had the original clamps on the

two smaller hoses, the kind that you squeeze to unclamp. I did not want to

reuse those in case they were worn. I opted to install regular hose clamps

and that was a huge pain. The space was so tight that I was literally

holding the back of the hose clamp with one finger and using my thumb

and index finger on the same hand to work a small ratchet with a 5/16th

socket while holding a flashlight in my other hand. Took like an hour to

tighten both clamps. I could have removed the oil filter to give me more

room but I recently changed the oil and installed a new filter.

Then the mounting holes on the new radiator were smaller than the

original one, the bolts would go through but the clips would not stay on

because they would not snap into the holes and they kept popping off as I

tried to lower the radiator in place, after 5 times and 3 of them the same

clip popping off I opted to install a nut and bolt on one wich turned out to

be much easier. Yea, it was a pain. LOL.


Thanks.