steelyglint

As above really, only had my jeep 2 weeks already had a clutch line failiure now the radiator is leaking like a seive, not a happy boy wish I'd not bought the damn thing !

freegdr

with any used vechicle your gonna have thing to fix ,still cheaper than a car payment and installing the radiator is about a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10

tornprince

yours is a 97? oh boy, it takes alot of self control. i helped replace one while back and it took 2 days. mainly the un-hooking and re-hooking is tough.

HighRoller

Yea radiator is a piece of cake... Just finished pulling the one from my 99 a few minutes ago to swap out it took me all of 15 min but I've done it a few times. A 8mm, 10mm & 3/4 for the lines and your good to go. Its an easy swap and replacment part is only about 1 bill.

steelyglint

Thanks guys, yup it's cheaper than a car payment, good perspective ! Just getting a bit fed up having had 2 repairs in 2 weeks, just leaves me wondering what next, this is my every day drive and I can't have it off the road all the time with stuff breaking I think I might replace the rad and get rid of it

storm101

Easy job, the only tip I've got is make sure you have the correct tool to undo one of the trans. Lines.

phillyxj570

Yes, if you don't have the tool for the trans line you may be there for a little while trying to get it out. All you need is one of those fuel filter disconnects and it will come right off.

HighRoller

Yea, the disconnet makes it easy but no need to buy one... Its easy to improvise something for it. I couldn't find mine so I just cut about an inch off a funnel end and split it to slid on the line... Works like a charm any hard plastic will work when used similarly.

mtulett1

dont worry about these little repairs. I went through it and i was going to run mine off a cliff, but i stuck with it and i love my XJ. i wouldn't trade it or sell it for the world. the best thing is that everyone on this site is more than helpful and you will be able to fix everything that goes wrong.

steelyglint

Nah, just can't do it she may be new to me but I'm already in love fix the rad and onwards and upwards !

Can anyone point me to walk through for idiots on changing a rad ?

I can't seem to get a workshop manual for her ?

HighRoller

Since mine is apart at the moment I just stepped out and snapped some pics for ya... Give me a few minutes to upload them and write out a brief desription and you'll have a write up on it.

steelyglint

High Roller, you are a star !

XJ-92

radiator swap should be fairly easy, just take ur time and things will work for the better. DONT BE IN A HURRY to get it done or ull have to do it twice

HighRoller

First step is to remove the 10mm bolts holding on the top rad support. There's 3 on each side (2 on top and 1 in front) (see first pic). Then you'll need to get the 4 10mm nuts of that connect it to the header panel (pic2) Then remove the 2 other 10mm nuts holding the rad to the support (pic3)


The piece I'm holding in front of it is atually mounted below the support on top of the rad.


Now that the header panel is loose, remove the 4 8mm bolts holding on the fan shroud and efan


With the fan shroud and efan out of the way (at this point the top radiator support lifts out of the way and should be set aside for better access) you can now easily remove the top and bottom rad hose (no pics for this, it's pretty straight forward )

Now using a 3/4 open end wrench remove the top hard line and using a disco tool unhook the bottom line as well.


With all the lines now unhooked you can simply lift the radiator out... Oh yea remember that piece that I was holding in front earlier? Make sure you pull it from the old rad before discarding it...



Hope that covers it good enough for ya and I got the pics in the right order lol Any questions or clarifiation needed don't hesitate to ask. I did this real quickly....

Spunkmeyer

Very nice write-up, HighRoller!