I just replaced the radiater in my car. It was the origional and over 20 years old. After having been on a Tour and seen someone else's radiater blow the left tank off I was worrried about mine. The radiater didn't appear to leak but after removing it from the car I was able to see the lower tubes on the left side were leaking slightly. Anyway to get the radiater out you must loosen the evaporater coil for the A/C and the fans. You cannot remove the fans or the plastic housing they are in without first removing the radiater as it slides up in between the evap coil and the fan housing. There are a lot of small screws and the space is tight. If you are going in there be prepared to replace the radiater as it is a lot of work to R & R the radiater when it goes bad. Make sure the clips are on the fan motor shafts and the fans are tight on the shafts and the fans turn in the correct direction i.e. pulling air through the radiater. While you are in there also make sure that there are no leaves or crud blocking the evap coil, get a brush and clean everywhere. Be careful to replace ALL of the ground wire connections at the upper radiater to frame brackets, there is one lug on the right and TWO lugs on the left. Follow the procedure in the Workshop Manual and you will need to wire up the evap coil and the fans temporarly while you juggle the radiater and shroud into position. You might be able to drill a hole next to the rear bearing in the fan motor and get a little oil into it but that would only be a temporory fix, the motor probably needs a bearing and besides you can't get to the front bearing without removing the motor. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote: > I think I have a squeaky radiator fan. My a/c blower was the culprit > before, so I replaced it. Now I have a similar sound, and I'm sure it isn't > the a/c blower again. I was suspecting my fuel pump since it is now making > random grunts most of the time now, but when I spin the blades on my > radiator fans by hand, the left one makes a chirping sound. So, I suspect > this is the problem. > > I've searched the DML archives on removing the fans, but there isn't a lot > said. It reminds me of that Chinese puzzle where you have to get the spiky > ball out of the cage. The only way I got the ball out was by breaking the > cage (by accident, really!) Is there anything more that I should know > besides that the lower radiator brackets have to come off? If anyone feels > like talking about their past experiences on the matter, let me know. > > Walt Tampa, FL