Gas Engine
CAUTION:
When removing the radiator or A/C condenser for any reason, note the location of all radiator-to-body and radiator-to-A/C condenser rubber air seals. These are used at the top, bottom and sides of the radiator and A/C condenser. To prevent overheating, these seals must be installed to their original positions.
- Disconnect the negative battery cable.
- Remove the air cleaner body. Refer to BODY, AIR CLEANER, REMOVAL .
- Drain the cooling system. Refer to DRAINING .
- Recover the A/C refrigerant. Refer to PLUMBING, STANDARD PROCEDURE .
- Remove the push pin fasteners and the right and left side air deflectors.
- Remove the nuts (3, 5) the A/C lines (2, 4) from the condenser.
- Remove the bolt securing the condenser lines to the radiator.
- On automatic transmission models, remove the bolt (1) and the transmission cooler lines (3) to the transmission cooler (4).
- Remove the coolant recover bottle hose from the radiator and the fan shroud.
- Lift up and remove the coolant recovery bottle.
- Remove the upper radiator hose (1).
- Remove the fasteners and the upper radiator upper seal (2).
- Disconnect the cooling fan wire harness connector (3).
- Remove the upper bolts for the electric cooling fan shroud from radiator.
- Remove the lower radiator hose (1).
- Lift the radiator up and out of vehicle taking care not to damage radiator fins.
- Remove the bolts (4) and the transmission cooler (5).
- Remove the bolts (3) and the A/C condenser (2) from the radiator (1).