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 leak this worked for a couple months. here is the swap out. this is a view of how i started.

here is the other side of the raditor

you can see some of the leak here next to the tank.

there are 3 10mm screw on the top of the fan shroud. i removed them.

there are 2 more screws on the side of the shroud.

there are 2 more on the drivers side of the shroud as well.

these are the only way to get the cooler lines off without rounding the fittings.

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.

the trany cooler lines are 1/2 i removed them as wel. you can see it was leaking this side too.

al that is left to disconnect from the raditor is the heater return line 5/8 inch hose and the over fill hose.

this is the oil cooler lines.

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.

here is the tranny cooler side a second view

the raditor came right out. i cleaned the front end so there as no oil or p/s fluid and road crud.

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.

here is the old raditor out in the yard.

while i was replaceing most of the cooling system i replaced the thermastat with a 160 degree unit.

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.

here is the new part and the new gasket. they swapped to an o-ring so the swap was fast and painless.

make sure you install the thermastat in the correct manor--the point should point to the raditor side of the motor.

reinstall the stud and the bolt and then the ground wire and then the nut. the thermastat swap is complete.

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 it comes with a lifetime warrenty for $226 new not reman.

looks all pretty in the box.

here is the oil cooler side of the raditor

here is a closer view of the oil cooler inside.

here is the tranny cooler side of the raditor.

here is a closer view of the trany cooler side

after making sure the raditor was seated in the lower mounts i connected the tranny cooler lines.

i reconnected the oil cooler lines after replacing the o-rings. i was missing one.

i replaced the heater return line and the over flow line.

here is the lower line. i replaced it as well.

this is the NAPA number 8400 for the lower.

after a good cleaning the top shroud goes back into place

here is the new top hose.

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 topped the tranny fluid this is running real cool now.