Two screws and then a bit of force to pull it off the filter box.
Undo the various hoses from the radiator.
Unscrews these two brackets and extract them.
Then unscrew the two bolts that hold the fan assembly onto the radiator.
Unplug the fan power wires.
Remove fan assy. It's fiddly.
Remove the front grill
Undo 4 screws that hold the air conditioning radiator onto the main radiator.
lift the radiator out
This is the old and new radiators.
I found that it was easier to leave some hoses on the radiator.
moved the hoses across.
Putting the new radiator in
Struck a snag.
The pipes that bring the transmission fluid to the radiator do not fit.
The original Ford radiator has male thread with these aluminum adapters.
I think the thread is a tapered M16 thread.
The new radiator appeared to have built in female threads that looked the same as those on the adapter but to test this I had to put the radiator. turned out the thread on the new radiator is a mm or so too small.
Need an adapter
Just used this to replace my radiator. Great guide. Much better than any of the few Youtube videos videos I could find. Much appreciated!
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