two extra screws?
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two extra screws?
I am trying to remove the radiator shroud from my FRC and after removing all the screws that are explained on a how to site I'm still left with two screws that I cannot figure how to remove . They are about half way down on each side of the radiator on the out side edges they are plastic and are attached to the front radiator. why do I have two radiators could one of them be an oil cooler I don't remember anyone saying they had to remove these type of screws when pulling the shroud any ideas. thanks
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Re: two extra screws? (8vettes)
been a long time since I have done this but... I think they pull out... use a little force.. When you reinstall... just push them back in...
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Re: two extra screws? (vetterdstr)
If you can believe it, those are door panel clips...
The problem with pulling it apart is that there are some metal rings(visible from the top...hopefully they've been removed already if the shrouds been off before) that hold the shroud to the clips. You can try and get the rings off but it is really hard to get into those tight spots...I ended up just pulling the clips out of the radiator with the shroud like vetterdstr stated. This is the way I've seen others do it as well. Everything will come out together, you won't have to pull REAL hard either. I removed the rings once the shroud was out then reinstalled the pins in the radiator before putting the shroud back in. They are not completely round on the backside so you can get them back in by turning them into the hole.
Also, look out for the foam sealer strips that are adhered to the radiator cores. I've had my shroud off a lot but they started coming off of the radiator after the second time.
I am going to be pulling my shroud out again this week...:crazy: I still don't know if it's easier to pull it out of the top or through the bottom. It's a real pain with my MTI Ram Air hanging on it. :mad
Hope my explination was understandable.
Thanks
The problem with pulling it apart is that there are some metal rings(visible from the top...hopefully they've been removed already if the shrouds been off before) that hold the shroud to the clips. You can try and get the rings off but it is really hard to get into those tight spots...I ended up just pulling the clips out of the radiator with the shroud like vetterdstr stated. This is the way I've seen others do it as well. Everything will come out together, you won't have to pull REAL hard either. I removed the rings once the shroud was out then reinstalled the pins in the radiator before putting the shroud back in. They are not completely round on the backside so you can get them back in by turning them into the hole.
Also, look out for the foam sealer strips that are adhered to the radiator cores. I've had my shroud off a lot but they started coming off of the radiator after the second time.
I am going to be pulling my shroud out again this week...:crazy: I still don't know if it's easier to pull it out of the top or through the bottom. It's a real pain with my MTI Ram Air hanging on it. :mad
Hope my explination was understandable.
Thanks
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Re: two extra screws? (8vettes)
I am trying to remove the radiator shroud from my FRC and after removing all the screws that are explained on a how to site
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Re: two extra screws? (RedHot)
Red hot you will find it at http://barbear.net.berkeley.edu/grills.html :yesnod:
