Tangential question if I may - we're about to get the radiator re-cored on our 72 280SE 4.5 (have been planing too, events have conspired to make it suddenly necessary to do it now as in pull the radiator as soon as I get home tonight
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Scale of 1-10, with 1 being pulling the radiator out of my miata (~ 4 bolts, top & bottom hose, wiggle and pull and yer done in half an hour) and 10 being the 74 AMC Matador radiator I got stuck pulling (grill, brightwork, loosen suspension mounts, hoses + trans cooler lines, etc etc etc taking 8 hours+): where should I expect the Gustav's radiator removal to fall?
He's an automatic, so I know I'll have a couple tranny lines not found in my yada
..... will I have to pull the fan? Anything else have to come off before the rad comes out?
Obviously I could figger this out myself if I were home, but I'm not, and trying to get an idea what I'm getting into tonight....
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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife
