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Radiator: Service and Repair

Removal and Installation





Material

All vehicles
1. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist.
2. Disconnect the battery ground cable.





3. Disconnect the dual electric cooling fan electrical connectors.
4. Drain the cooling system.





5. Lift and remove the cooling fan motors and shroud from the retainer brackets and lower from the vehicle.





6. Disconnect the electrical connector from the horn.





7. Release the clamp and disconnect the upper hose from the radiator.





8. Release the clamp and disconnect the lower hose from the radiator.





9. Remove the push-pins and the lower radiator splash shield.

Vehicles equipped with air conditioning





10. Detach and support the air conditioning condenser.

All vehicles





11. Detach the wiring harness retaining clip from the radiator support bracket.

Vehicles equipped with automatic transmission





12. NOTE: LH shown, RH similar.

Detach the transmission fluid cooler from the two RH and the one LH bracket.
- Support the fluid cooler.

All vehicles





13. NOTE: LH shown, RH similar.

Remove the four bolts and the lower core support.





14. Remove the radiator.
15. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
16. Fill and bleed the cooling system.
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