Thanks High roller that looks pretty straight forward, I found a vid on you tube which suggested taking all the front grille and light clusters out was needed, I'm glad I asked here !

 

When i did my water pump, i took out EVERYTHING and it took like 20 mins if that, id take it all out, i mean itll only make it easier.

 

I did my water pump, I only took out the elec. fan, sand my t-stat housing, and got it done in like 20mins. When I do my radiator, ill just take out the elec. Fan, and do it.

 

One more question then I'm online looking for the cheapest price for a rad in the UK !

What is a disco tool ?

Thanks for the help if I come up against a problem I know where to ask !

 

A disconnect tool. Looks something like this for visual reference:

 

well, i wish this would have been done eariler. this would of saved alot of cursing and time. lol. my fiances brother rad. was toast, the aluminum was nasty green and rotted. the d.a didnt want to wait till i could finish fixing on the tranny line. needless to say, he burned out the tranny and now a 4500 rig is scrapped, and my 90 cherokee still runs

 

In the first post he said he had a clutch line replaced so I read it as he had a manual transmission but I'll agree, not to bad of a job! Coach.

 

You're right it's a manual, from what I read it makes no difference the red is the same, more or less.

 

High roller...great tip about improvising a tool to disconnect that fitting.
Thanks

 

Replacement radiator is the same regardless of transmission. Having a manual trans just makes the job easier...no trans cooling lines on a manual trans (so obviously no need for the disconnect tool you asked about). Just connect the upper and lower coolant hoses and you're good to go.

 

Yep that was my point, no need to worry about the tranny lines cause they don't exist. Makes an easy job even easier!! Coach

 

As everybody else has stated , its a pretty easy job. I just did mine 2 weeks ago and the only problem I ran into was those stupid top rubber mounting pieces. Even my trans line disconnected by hand, I got lucky. Also if you have it out, go ahead and replace the water pump while youre at it, assuming it hasnt been replaced recently.

 

Just a sincere thank you to everyone for their advice particularly Highroller, I got the rad out last night (in the pouring rain) in under 15 minutes, the new one has just arrived from the courier and I'm now confident I'll get it back in around the same time.

As I said it was throwing down yet I came in from doing the job wet,cold but with a smile on my face ! I can see now why this "Jeep thing" is so addictive !

 

Happy to help dude! Glad all went well for ya Now your hooked! lol It's aggrevating when things break but oh so rewarding when you can handle it yourself... It's the work and blood we put into our jeeps that make them a part of us and more than just another vehicle to drive Now you're going to be searching for more projects and mods to tackle on it

 

Ain't that the truth! I just did the fuel injector swap to my '99 this weekend. Was amazed that I was able to accomplish it all in less than 90 minutes!