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Originally Posted by billschroeder5842

No radiator decisions yet, I'm not that far, but I need to have that figured out in the next day or so-- hoses from Jerry's arrive on Wednesday!

It is tough for me NOT to have a schedule; it is the Navy in me:

Today- Prep, organize, disassemble, pull shroud, fans and whine on boards begging for help and sympathy.
Monday- disassemble hoses and start cleaning. More whining but with snarky tone. Order Radiator, cringing at price.
Tuesday- More, endless, mind numbing cleaning. Less complaining in proportion to beer consumed.
Wednesday- Finish cleaning, assembly prep and begin on hoses assembly. Slowly. Glacial pace. Debate on hose clamps on if to use factory or worm clamps. Worms clamps will probably win.
Thursday- More assembly. Finish hoses, thermostat install and shroud trimming. Possible fan install?
Friday- Install new radiator, attach final hoses and thermostat. Fill up with new fluids and pour new antifreeze too.
Saturday- Bolt up nonsense and fix everything I broke. Double check and feign shock at how much I missed. Apologize to wife for being "emotionally unavailable" all week, but really not mean it.
Sunday- Pray for the benevolent Gods of FSM process and Fire her up. Happy dance and take her for a ride.

See? What could possibly go wrong? This looks good on paper and Mr Murphy is on board with this plan.

You need to do it differently!!!!!!

Experience tells me that far more consumption of beer than simply on Tuesday is in order so as to properly complete this task.


Marty