fresh out of the box, the gasoline model rad needed some adjustment. at the bottom, we needed to switch the steel line (inverse for diesel) so we simply switched it around. it worked out perfectly :).
to make sure the radiator is lined up were its needed, we tac welded the hood cross support that was cut off back in place. the rubber from the old Rad was used at the bottom of the new one, to be aligned properly. . now that the Radiator is in, we tested the connections.
For the bottom connection of the rad, we used the old hose left over from the gas engine to fit to the coolant heater. for the top, leading from a large Rad fitting to the smaller thermo housing fitting was a bit more complicated. Don went out and found the perfect hose peice thats has just enough length to reach, and it has the right size for both ends.
now that the rad is in place, we put both the fan blade and shroud in at the same time. since the engine is leaning more toward the passenger side, even though the fan shroud was cut to compensate the lack of space, we needed to cut some more so the blade wouldn't scrape against it. too bad the engine is leaning quite off, but its easier to cut some plastic than to do major adjustment again to the motor mounts, although in reality, its not too bad overall.
So now all the connections are made, i topped it up with coolant (50% coolant, 50% water). and once the engine starts circulating the coolant, we will fill up some more.
