type 44, bottom radiator shroud bolt removal?

[Hoffman Anthony J A1C 552 CMS/MXMVC]

I just pulled mine yesterday, thankfully it is new, and the PO didn't bolt
it in. The fan didn't have to be unbolted, only the condenser. I also had to
undo the side hose to the expansion tank, and make sure the sensor and hose
on the engine side lower down are undone, they are hard to see :)
Tony Hoffman

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From: quattro-bounces+anthony.hoffman=tinker.af.mil at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces+anthony.hoffman=tinker.af.mil at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:58 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: type 44, bottom radiator shroud bolt removal?


At 8:10 PM -0400 9/14/04, Brett Dikeman wrote:

>The second one, however, is buried back there; the body crossmembers 
>and wiring and all sorts of other garbage is in the way.  How the 
>heck do you get in there?  I've even tried pushing the radiator up a 
>half inch or so.  Now I can at least see it better, but even with a 
>flex-joint socket and every extension in the house, I couldn't 
>manage to get purchase on it.

Solved my own problem right after I posted- from under the car, 
there's plenty of room for a 10mm gear-head wrench.  One of those 
right-in-front-of-you deals.

So with everything unbolted including the fan wiring- the shroud 
goes...not very far.  I can move it around a fair bit, push it 
backwards- but that's it. Does the fan motor have to come off?

I also can't get the radiator to move more than a few inches upwards 
(yes, unhooked from the condenser, which has been pushed forward). 
Feels like it is catching on the side duct, among other things.

Any tips?

Brett
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