Kittamaru Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Can you get a few pics Grim? how did you install it? Only way I can see is to remove the grill (and as a result, headlights), bumper, and a/c condenser and THEN mount it, then put everything back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Uh, the radiator has 2 top bolts, undo those, and tilt the radiator back a bit. Have the hoses mounted on the cooler and slide it down between there and feed the hoses out the bottom. (B doesn't like em) but I mounted mine with the through the radiator zip clips. Only need 2 to hold it in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittamaru Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Wait, how did you do that? My radiator is directly beneath the front frame... top... thing... gah. I'll have to take a picture once I get my truck back. In any case, I'd have had to go from underneath, which meant taking the armor plate off... which I didn't want to attempt at the time due to the temp. and not being sure if I could manhandle that back on alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 not being sure if I could manhandle that back on alone. If you need to, it's not heavy and only 6 or 8 10mm bolts... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 It's 6 bolts but be careful that you don't break any off, that happened to me now my skidplate is only being held on by 4 of 6. Spray a crap load of PB on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittamaru Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Got her back from the mechanic - clean bill o health. He couldn't find anything new wrong with her (other than missing anti-sway bars and such ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittamaru Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Well, after nearly a week of driving - she's running VERY nice. No stutter OR hesitation at all, accelerates harder and more smoothly, holds highway speed faster, and downshifts less often to accelerate. All in all - a 200% improvement MPG wont be known for at least 2 weeks, as I was on a partial tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Yeah, I couldn't believe how much of a difference new plugs made when I changed mine. Of course 5/6 of the old ones were way over gapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02silverpathy Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Kit (and anyone else) if you are interested there is a dude on ebay that sells a 175* tranny/oil thermostat that hooks up in line...I bought one installed in minutes (after studying the diagram and laying under the truck) and the tranny heats up smoothly and then cools down. I am about 67 miles south of you but it still gets cold here too! The thermo runs either to the cooler or loops back into the tranny...I think that wide open 80% flows to the cooler with 20% looping back in---it is a no pressure drop unit. I have been thinking of adding a magnetic filter inline to see what I can catch---any thoughts out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittamaru Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 How much is it? I'm definately interested, but I dont' even know how to get the damned cooler in XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02silverpathy Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 tmvtaylor on ebay...great stuff available from him!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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