Got the radiator in today. The how-to I read was very misleading. The guy was taking the main fitting out of his radiator.... not necessary.
Here is why I replaced it. It's leaking from the crimped seal.
The replacement parts are a Ready-Rad radiator and Good Year hoses. I also used the Valvoline Max Life antifreeze.
This is how you take it apart. Not the way I had read yesterday - this took about 5 minutes. One guy also said he removed his inner fender to get it off. Maybe the oil cooler (which I don't have) makes it harder? But I did it from up top, as most of the job was done from up top. I only had to get on the ground to drain the old radiator, and then I positioned my lower hose clamp to get at it from the drivers fender well.
This is how they install. The radiator came with fittings and new o-rings. The plan is to someday add an additional trans cooler (has an external factory unit already) and delete the radiator cooler.
This damn thing took 3 gallons of coolant to fill. I wish the radiator on the Stang was this big.
I busted my trans fitting wrench trying to do what the how-to told me. Autozone warrantied it for me.
EDIT: Here's the picture I was looking at in a how-to. Not sure why the hell they did it the stupid way.
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