I need help with some basics...

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StockTurbosFTW
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So a family member is going to do the 120K mile kit for me. I am trying to get it ready. I am trying to get the radiator out...
I am using this website...
http://z32.wikispaces.com/Timing+Belt+Service

Here is what it says...
Radiator
1.Jack up and support the front of the vehicle if necessary to remove shields and fit a radiator drain pan underneath.
2.Drain coolant from radiator. Don't forget to remove the radiator cap to allow all the coolant to escape
3.For Twin Turbo models, remove the throttle body intake hoses/pipes. Be sure to block the intercooler outlets with rags to prevent foreign debris from falling in.
4.If your PTU is still in the stock location, remove it and clip the zip ties holding the harness to the upper water pipe.
5.Remove the upper radiator hose.
6.Remove the lower radiator hose.
7.Remove 2x 10mm bolts securing the upper radiator brackets to the chassis (green dot).
8.Remove the lower radiator shroud (3 clips).
9.Remove the radiator from the vehicle. On TT models, you'll have to wiggle it a bit to clear the intercooler piping.
◦Don't loose the little rubber insulators that the radiator sits in!

They are missing the part that tells me how to get the fan shroud out of the way...How do I get it out of the way so I can pull the radiator out?


itsa300zx
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Undo the four 10mm bolt/nuts from the fan clutch to the water pump.

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I don't think I can get at them...I'm missing something...

itsa300zx
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Man, I cant read:(
I thought you can get the fan out,
On mine all I had to do was take the bottom half of the shroud off. The rad and top shroud came out together.

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Well I assume you have to do that from under the car...The fan shroud is free of everything and just hanging in there and the radiator is free of everything but I can't get it out...ugh I hate working on cars. I don't know how people do this crap for a living...

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I was able to unbolt my fan clutch from the water pump but I think I have skinny hands so that helped. I don't know if theres a way to get the radiator out without removing the fan and clutch?

Also is yours an AT or MT? the AT will have 2 coolant lines going into the bottom of the radiator

StockTurbosFTW
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Look at the link I posted...
There is a radiator, fan, and fan shroud. Something has to come out before you can get the other out...Looks like I am going to have to get under the car...I was hoping I could just do it from the top. I didn't get under because my radiator doesn't need to be drained...it did that on its own on the road :D

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The bottom half of the fan shroud comes unclipped from the top somewhere around the middle. Take it out the bottom, and take the radiator out the top.


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