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Hi folks, I'm struggling to align my fan shroud after doing a complete frame swap. No matter what I try, I am unable to align the fan shroud upper bracket to the radiator support.
The radiator frame seems to be too far to the right (.5 inch) in relationship to the Fan shroud bracket. The frame is also bit too, but that I can easily fix with washers and such. Please see attached picture. Any idea is very much welcomed
Along the same lines as MelWff asked, were the core support, radiator, and shroud all the same components used on your old frame, and if so, did they fit well then? Does the radiator fit into the support correctly? Does the shroud sit against the radiator correctly?
Thanks guys for trying to help. I have a 1971 350 Coupe manual no AC. The new fame that I installed came from a 1969. I reused all my existing parts as they were on my 71. The car is essentially a 71 except for frame. Everything worked well on my old frame. But not so much on the new frame. Should I be using a different shroud? Do I have the mounting hardware installed incorrectly? I welcome any tips or ideas.
I'm not familiar with the components in a 350 configuration, so can only speak from the 454 experience. Getting the shroud to mount as individual components is a test of extreme patience and ingenuity. This summer I replaced my radiator and broken shroud with GM parts I bought 30 years ago. In the process I installed new seals for everything. The only way I could get the pieces together was to assemble the core, radiator, and shroud as a unit outside the car and lower it in as a unit with an engine hoist. Of course my hood was already removed from dropping the rebuilt engine back in prior to the cooling system. It was convenient to be able to assemble the components with free space all around to tweak and cajole everything into place. Lowering it in wasn't the most simple thing but I think it would have been just about impossible to do it piece by piece into the engine compartment. Is it possible for you to pull everything and do it as an assembly?
Second, if you examine the shroud for left/right movement, where and with what is it interfering that is stopping it from shifting enough to attach that bracket?
Last edited by barkingrats; Jan 4, 2021 at 11:31 PM.
Radiator alignment trouble
