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Raditor

From 1983 Ford Bronco “Jezebel” — documented by michael collins.

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1983 Ford Bronco - When we got Brutis all seemed fine. a week later we smelled anti-freeze. i looked closer and found it had a small leak. i temp used stop le… 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the other side of the raditor 1983 Ford Bronco - you can see some of the leak here next to the tank. 1983 Ford Bronco - there are 3 10mm screw on the top of the fan shroud. i removed them. 1983 Ford Bronco - there are 2 more screws on the side of the shroud. 1983 Ford Bronco - there are 2 more on the drivers side of the shroud as well. 1983 Ford Bronco - these are the only way to get the cooler lines off without rounding the fittings. 1983 Ford Bronco - you have to use the 3/4 hose wrench to remove the oil cooler lines. you can see the leak was worse than i thought. 1983 Ford Bronco - the trany cooler lines are 1/2 i removed them as wel. you can see it was leaking this side too. 1983 Ford Bronco - al that is left to disconnect from the raditor is the heater return line 5/8 inch hose and the over fill hose. 1983 Ford Bronco - this is the oil cooler lines. 1983 Ford Bronco - to get the bottom shroud out you need to drop the front skid plate. i used a 10mm on the cross memebr and 15mm for the frame bolts. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the tranny cooler side a second view 1983 Ford Bronco - the raditor came right out. i cleaned the front end so there as no oil or p/s fluid and road crud. 1983 Ford Bronco - here are most of the old parts. i did not toss anything until i knew i did not need it for any parts on them. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the old raditor out in the yard. 1983 Ford Bronco - while i was replaceing most of the cooling system i replaced the thermastat with a 160 degree unit. 1983 Ford Bronco - to pull out the old one it taks a 9/16 wrench and out she comes. i cleaned all the parts up before restalling it. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the new part and the new gasket. they swapped to an o-ring so the swap was fast and painless. 1983 Ford Bronco - make sure you install the thermastat in the correct manor--the point should point to the raditor side of the motor. 1983 Ford Bronco - reinstall the stud and the bolt and then the ground wire and then the nut. the thermastat swap is complete. 1983 Ford Bronco - i caled around and found that 1-800 raditors had the best price on this i told then it was for the 454 with the oil and auto tranny cooler… 1983 Ford Bronco - looks all pretty in the box. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the oil cooler side of the raditor 1983 Ford Bronco - here is a closer view of the oil cooler inside. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the tranny cooler side of the raditor. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is a closer view of the trany cooler side 1983 Ford Bronco - after making sure the raditor was seated in the lower mounts i connected the tranny cooler lines. 1983 Ford Bronco - i reconnected the oil cooler lines after replacing the o-rings. i was missing one. 1983 Ford Bronco - i replaced the heater return line and the over flow line. 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the lower line. i replaced it as well. 1983 Ford Bronco - this is the NAPA number 8400 for the lower. 1983 Ford Bronco - after a good cleaning the top shroud goes back into place 1983 Ford Bronco - here is the new top hose. 1983 Ford Bronco - here s the completed job. i reconnected the front axle vent clamp to the shroud and topped the anti freeze and oil thne ran the beast and t…