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Old Nov 20, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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I'm having trouble getting the radiator out, help please!
I have everything unhooked as per splinter's diy, I also have the fan out. There's something on the bottom that's not letting the radiator out. It looks like a bracket coming off the heat exchanger that connects to the radiator. How do you get it off? It's not coming off!

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Originally Posted by Dingleberry
I have everything unhooked as per splinter's diy, I also have the fan out. There's something on the bottom that's not letting the radiator out. It looks like a bracket coming off the heat exchanger that connects to the radiator. How do you get it off? It's not coming off!

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My mechanic had the very same problem, it was impossible to get out. He ended up cutting the bracket off of the stock HE since I was replacing it with an LET anyways.

Not really a good solution, but what I ended up doing.

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Originally Posted by Gramma_Benz
My mechanic had the very same problem, it was impossible to get out. He ended up cutting the bracket off of the stock HE since I was replacing it with an LET anyways.

Not really a good solution, but what I ended up doing.

Good Luck!


There has to be a way for them to come apart. I don't mind smashing up the rad, but I don't want to damage the heat exchanger bracket thingy.
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Any ideas? I'm hoping to get the car patched up today
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Whoever designed the bracket going from the heat exchanger to the radiator should be castrated with a butter knife.

I love how splinter's write up mentions nothing about this bracket...
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Whoever designed the bracket going from the heat exchanger to the radiator should be castrated with a butter knife.

I love how splinter's write up mentions nothing about this bracket...
Agreed. Even just getting the stock HE out of that bracket was a PITA.
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Well I got it out. Would have been nice if the DIY at least mentioned the heat exchanger clips.

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I hacked out the clips with tin snips... took 30 seconds. Replace the HE with something better, stock is a POS.
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