[V8] radiator support stuck

[Kneale Brownson]

There's a bracket on the driver side that hose-clamps to the A/C
receiver/drier that helps anchor the core support on that side.  It's all
body colored and hard to see unless you really look.  Of course, none of
the descriptions I've read of the core support removal mention this
bracket.  It has two bolts fastening it to the core support.  After that,
you'll find that the wiring harness for the electric fan wants to hold the
support from the laydown.  Several zip ties hold it to the core support.
Those "flexible" oil lines don't really flex easily.


At 12:17 AM 10/1/2005 -0600, John Dodd wrote:
>I started on the TB job ,and managed to pull the bumper off.
>A friend with a 93 V8 came to help.He did this job before .
>Problem:
>We could'nt remove the radiator support to set it under the car as shown
>in the procedure on the net.
>The passenger side moves forward enough, the driver's side seems to be
>held back by the AC hose (?)
>or something else. On his car that hose is longer.
>I did not remove any of the lines at the bottom of the radiator or oil
>cooler.
>Should I ? 
>Thanks
>John
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