type 44, bottom radiator shroud bolt removal?

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Wed Sep 15 10:43:56 EDT 2004


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-Scott by BOSTON

> From: Brett Dikeman <>
> There are two of these beasties- and the first one, closest to the 
> fender, came out sneaking a thin-wall deep 10mm between the body and 
> the A/C pipe loop.  No sweat.
> 
> 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.
> 
> It's the last thing holding the shroud on and thus foiling my plans 
> for world domination- or at least radiator removal.  Chris's page has 
> a writeup from Paul Waterloo which is about as helpful as the 
> Bentley- "remove both lower bolts"...yeah, great, wonderful :-) SNIP
> Brett
> 




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