Radiator Issues

[fd3ETTY]

im gettin a fluidyne soon and i dont wanna pay someone to throw it in for me because...1 id rather blow my cash on somethin fun or more parts...2 I WANT THE EXPERIENCE its my car im completely new to a rotarty car...not rotarys..my question if no one minds me askin ive search couldnt find anything to helpful and was wonderin if anyone could help me out here.....is it a simple enough thing... just remove things in the way unplug hose take out old and hook up the new rad up? what about those fans? my mechanic experiences is well..im 19 and ive swap a few altenators out of my 68 mustang shocks on it too...removes throttle body and uim and all that nonsense on top of the engine and replaced ignition coils spark plugs and wires some hoses up there and some other nonsense with this insane car all with plenty of ease....anyone know if the radiator would be any more difficult than dealin with the rats nest and its gang of ass munch rodants on top of the engine? any kind of input or quick explanation would BE AMAZING! oh and i just took out my stock airbox and im throwin on apexi intakes tomorrow hopefully if they come in

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[TwilightRotary]

good luck with the install, try to take some pics of the process to help the rest of us lol.

[dradon03]

Originally Posted by fd3ETTY

im gettin a fluidyne soon and i dont wanna pay someone to throw it in for me because...1 id rather blow my cash on somethin fun or more parts...2 I WANT THE EXPERIENCE its my car im completely new to a rotarty car...not rotarys..my question if no one minds me askin ive search couldnt find anything to helpful and was wonderin if anyone could help me out here.....is it a simple enough thing... just remove things in the way unplug hose take out old and hook up the new rad up? what about those fans? my mechanic experiences is well..im 19 and ive swap a few altenators out of my 68 mustang shocks on it too...removes throttle body and uim and all that nonsense on top of the engine and replaced ignition coils spark plugs and wires some hoses up there and some other nonsense with this insane car all with plenty of ease....anyone know if the radiator would be any more difficult than dealin with the rats nest and its gang of ass munch rodants on top of the engine? any kind of input or quick explanation would BE AMAZING! oh and i just took out my stock airbox and im throwin on apexi intakes tomorrow hopefully if they come in

Well I tried to decifer what you are writing and will answer to the best of my ability.

To take out the radiator you debolt it from the support. Unplug the fans. Than unclip the three hoses that go to the AST and unclip the two large hoses.

Remove the original rad. there are 3 10mm bolts that hold the rans onto the radiator (from memory) take them off. Get the fans on the Fluidyne and repeat process in reverse.

*Edit. I am no Dale Clark in that write up sorry. I forgot to mention you would want to take off the undertray. Drain the radiator first.

Cheers

[Mahjik]

If the car is fairly stock, you are going to have a lot of 'fun'.

It's not really that bad. You have two choices:

1. Remove the radiator from the top
2. Remove the radiator from the bottom



If you choose the top, you'll have to bend the AC lines. That's about the only tricky part.

[fd3ETTY]

HEY THANKS GUYS! especially dradon...do i really have to bend the ac lines?!that wont mess it up will it i mena i go with out it of winter but id die here in central fl over summer! haa great ill start taking stuff out not
hey dradon yeah i start typin sometimes and dont stop thanks man!
im puttin my intake on now so this will be a fun week i just hope i get a radiator soon!

[TMadlem84]

First step to doing ANYTHING car related....

USE PROPER ENGLISH!

I can forgive a typo... but come on man! Capitalization & punctuation is your friend! At least make it readable.

[dradon03]

Originally Posted by fd3ETTY

HEY THANKS GUYS! especially dradon...do i really have to bend the ac lines?!that wont mess it up will it i mena i go with out it of winter but id die here in central fl over summer! haa great ill start taking stuff out not
hey dradon yeah i start typin sometimes and dont stop thanks man!
im puttin my intake on now so this will be a fun week i just hope i get a radiator soon!

Well actually like Mahjik said if you do it from the bottom it is going to be alot easier. Just get under the car remove the I beleive 7 10mm bolts that hold the undertray in place and the drain plug with be right in the middle in your face.

Make sure to use the large size Phillips head to not mess up your drain screw.

Once as much coolant is drained as possible disconnect all the lines I mentioned you may still be getting some coolant comming out at this point so having your drain pan close by is always fun.

Once that is done you can choose top or bottom. And as this LP said readable english will always help you questions be answered as much as possible.

[DaveW]

I did mine from the top. Of course, I already had everything removed that needed to be out of the way to do a WP replacement, so from the top was less complex in that case.

Dave