Not that bad to remove the radiator. As always before doing any major repairs on any car disconnect the battery especially since you'll be working near the electric cooling fans. First drain out your cooling system, block the rear wheels (to prevent the car from rolling, jackup the front of the car and support it on jack stands and remove the front wheels. Disconnect the hoses from the radiator and unplug the fans, take them out. The fan assembly is held to the radiator by four studs and nuts. The radiator is held in by two studs and nuts on the bottom (attaching it to those steel arms) and two bolts ontop attaching it to the support brackets. You'll want to try and seperate the A/C condensor (located in front of the radiator) from the radiator, you don't want to disconnect the A/C lines. It's atached to the the radiater by 4 nuts. After removing all that you can remove the radiator. Install the new one in reverse order. Over all should take you a few hours. Make sure you fill the system with a 50/50 mixture of antifreeze to water and bleed the cooling system properly. While bleeding the system for air turn on your heat in the car, this will remove any air from the heater core as well. Steve --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "W.D.SEARLS, JR." <Buckeye99@xxxx> wrote: > This seems like my 5 trillionth post in the past month but I have had quite > a few problems lately. Sorry :). What I have run into now is my hoses and > radiator have begun to leak. The hoses have dry-rotted and radiator end-caps > are beginning to leak. What I need to know is if anyone who has replaced the > hoses and radiator have any tips(troublespots, things to look for and > anything dangerous) before I begin my little project. Also how long it might > take for all this work. > > Joel