Teal car got a new radiator a couple weeks ago. This all stems from the Chameleon car needing a rad due to small leak, but the Teal car gets a lot more use so it got a new rad, and the old rad will go in the chameleon car after a good refresh.
I was just able to finish the Teal's rad job tonight due to time constraints and I was waiting for a suitable drain valve to use instead of the stoopid plastic drain plugs. While doing the job I was pleasantly surprised that belts and hoses were all OEM Motorcraft, and in very good shape. Even OEM hose clamps! I decided to remove the belts and hoses and save them for the future. The job turned into:
*new Spectra premium radiator PN: CU1879
*new Stainless Steel bolts and washers for the intercooler bracket attached to the rad (now properly coated with anti-seize)
*Painted intercooler bracket and uber cleaned and conditioned the shroud
*new upper and lower rad hoses- I opted for Continental brand hoses since Continentals are the old Goodyear brand, great quality
*new coolant bypass hose at the thermostat housing - best one available is Gates, I also bought the Dayco but the Gates rubber is better quality
*new belts all around - Also opted for Continental Elite Poly V which are the old Goodyear Gatorbacks
*new Motorcraft rad cap
*new billet purge bolt and stainless steel cap (thanks to TBirdSC shop!)
*painted OEM hose clamps
*painted clip holding hose to the coolant reservoir
*did tons of cleaning in the rad support and subframe
*new EZ drain valve in the correct size for the Spectra rad. I opted for this since I could not find a cheap plastic drain petcock for the drain size in this radiator. I plan to keep up with fluid flushes so I need a good, clean way of draining the coolant.
*Fresh Motorcraft coolant
On to the pix!
OEM clamps for the coolant bypass hose
Different bypass hoses. OEM motorcraft at the top. The two bottom ones are Gates brand. I found two different part numbers. They look a bit different, but both work perfectly. I opted for using the next-to-last one. The rubber from the Dayco brand was way softer than the Gates brand.
Main serpentine belt was Dayco, but supercharger & jackshaft belts were OEM Motorcraft
Replacement belts
New Rad
Clean shroud
Rad cap