Do I seriously need to remove half the damn vehicle just to replace the radiator?
I started the drain process and was getting ready to flush (I put it in the garage so it could be a little warmer for the process) and then started poking around after getting the thermostat out to get an idea of how much effort would be associated with it.
It started to look a little stupid, so I went ahead to the manual (the shorter version, not the full on RAVE) and you might as well remove the engine FFS. Grille, both oil coolers, fan, even the flippin horns! Compounding this is the fact that the motor was replaced, so half the fasteners are not standard and although all there, are all different. I saw a thread on some Aussie Rover forum where the guy even removed the bumper?!?!?!!?!
I know I'm a noob, but this ain't my first rodeo on something (that should be) as simple as a radiator replacement and with all the well documented cooling issues these things have, this is really dumb. I'm really just pissed because now the truck will be down for that much longer while I carve out time to finish this. I've not even started to address the 3 amigos. Oh well, I still love the truck but always get annoyed when I see unnecessary complexity to a simple system.
/rant
I started the drain process and was getting ready to flush (I put it in the garage so it could be a little warmer for the process) and then started poking around after getting the thermostat out to get an idea of how much effort would be associated with it.
It started to look a little stupid, so I went ahead to the manual (the shorter version, not the full on RAVE) and you might as well remove the engine FFS. Grille, both oil coolers, fan, even the flippin horns! Compounding this is the fact that the motor was replaced, so half the fasteners are not standard and although all there, are all different. I saw a thread on some Aussie Rover forum where the guy even removed the bumper?!?!?!!?!
I know I'm a noob, but this ain't my first rodeo on something (that should be) as simple as a radiator replacement and with all the well documented cooling issues these things have, this is really dumb. I'm really just pissed because now the truck will be down for that much longer while I carve out time to finish this. I've not even started to address the 3 amigos. Oh well, I still love the truck but always get annoyed when I see unnecessary complexity to a simple system.
/rant