Cracked radiator.
#1
Cracked radiator.
It seems my radiator has a crack, of course causing it to leak. Is this a DIY job? Its the V6. If it was my 70 Charger I would not even question, but it looks like there is alot of stuff in there. Pep boys wants $600 to change it, but autozone only want $106 for the radiator its self. What do you guys think? Thanks for any advice you can give me.
#2
First off, what year, coupe/sedan?
It's doable, but you may need to move things around or take off the front bumper and such.
What year, or if it's a coupe/sedan will make a huge difference in how involved it will end up being. You can probably also go to a small mechanic shop and get it done for much less than pepboys (who I would trust to do no more than basic oil changes, tire work). And since you have a baseline of what the new radiator will cost, you can figure out how many hours the shop will take to do the job.
It's doable, but you may need to move things around or take off the front bumper and such.
What year, or if it's a coupe/sedan will make a huge difference in how involved it will end up being. You can probably also go to a small mechanic shop and get it done for much less than pepboys (who I would trust to do no more than basic oil changes, tire work). And since you have a baseline of what the new radiator will cost, you can figure out how many hours the shop will take to do the job.
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Sounds like a sedan, the condenser bolts to the car frame, the radiator is completely separate and 'floats' in the engine bay. Manual transmission is an upper and lower hose, and an automatic has an upper, lower, and 2 small lower hoses (or pipes) that connect to the transmission to cool it.