Adventured in after market radiator installs.
Whelp. I promised an Update on the Summit Direct Fit radiator, SO here goes. I’ll add some pictures when I get done to show what I’m explaining.
First I removed the original radiator, Fan, and battery tray. To ensure I had enough room to work, and boy did I.
I held up the radiator against the brace. The bottom existing holes were able to work, however. I had to drill new holes for the upper. After mounting the radiator. I had to relocate, Cut, and get some trannie lines. The original mount to the bottom as you know. However, the cross flow radiator has the trannie lines on the driver’s side. So I bent some new line down, and connected to some existing line with some trannie hose. Seems to be working fine. I may invest in a second trannie cooler to make sure.
The only problem that was a pain in the arse was the battery tray. The tray wouldn’t bolt down correct. It was coming in contact with the radiator. I reversed the Top bar that bolts to the fender wall. Basically mounted it to the inside of the tray and not the outside bent it in a slight bit and reversed the bolt. It then mounted up fine.
The bottom radiator hose needed to be reversed for some reason
the water pump side to the radiator and the old radiator side on the water pump. It works. So I’m not going to complain.
The only problem I have left is the top hose. Because this is a small block and the hose used to go to the upper drivers side, it now goes to the upper passenger side. I’ll have to go hunting for a hose that works.
Basically. In a nut shell. It wasn’t too bad. Including removing the fan, taping it off and painting, the whole process took about 2 ½ hours. Not too shabby.
Only thing I don’t like… Big bright aluminum radiator in there now. And you can see it through the grill very nicely