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01-08-2020, 02:23 PM | #1 |
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removing 35 radiator
Need to remove radiator on 35 coupe Do I just remove generator and distributor, or do I need to remove the grill
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01-08-2020, 02:25 PM | #2 |
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Re: removing 35 radiator
Removing grille makes it easier. Since you'll need to remove a bunch of screws etc along the side of the radiator anyway.
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01-08-2020, 02:43 PM | #3 |
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Re: removing 35 radiator
thankyou
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01-08-2020, 08:10 PM | #4 |
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Re: removing 35 radiator
It's been 60 years since I removed a '35 Ford radiator to swap engines. I don't remember taking the grill off, but I do remember skinned knuckles and having to cut the lower hoses off, because they were stuck and there is little length for bending.
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01-08-2020, 10:46 PM | #5 |
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Re: removing 35 radiator
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Several years later it became necessary to remove the radiator again, but this time I tried a different approach. I removed the hood, hood/grille ornament, radiator support rods, all the fasteners holding the radiator in place. The four rad hoses, the cooling fan, generator, water pumps, outer distributor caps, plug wires and wire loom conduit as an assembly, and finally the distributor. Then with extreme care, I Iifted the top part of the grille that goes over the top radiator tank, and tilted the top of the radiator back towards the engine, which freed the radiator, and allow it to be carefully lifted up and out of the engine compartment. This may sound complicated and like a lot of extra work, but overall, this was easier for me than removing the grille first, and then removing the radiator, and then putting it back together in reverse order.
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