N8N_99xj
NAXJA Forum User
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- Berwyn Heights, MD
So my alternator went out last week... went to drive the heep after it'd been sitting for about a week and the alt was locked up SOLID as in the serp belt wasn't even moving. Put a new alternator in, all good. Since I had my tools out I figured I would go ahead and drop the skidplate and install the front lighting wiring harness that I'd got from another member a long a$$ time ago so I could install some fog lights before winter, and also finally hook up my outside temp display (aftermarket mirror.) Well while I was under there I think I figured out a) why my alternator died and b) the persistent smell of coolant even though I could never find a leak - rad was leaking on the pass side at/near the seam (that is, directly in front of the alternator.) I probably never would have seen it had I not pulled the Jeep in the driveway and immediately pulled the skid plate and looked underneath, but I have a new rad on order and should have it tonight (friend owns a shop and he'll bring it to me)
So the question. Does a new replacement radiator typically come with the steel mount pieces top and bottom and the two straps in front of the core, or is it just the bare core and two tanks? Reason I ask is I've got the rad all but out, I just need to find my QD tool for the lower trans cooler line and then disconnect the two rad hoses and I'm done. But if it doesn't come with the steel pieces I'll go ahead and pull everything out now and start cooking the steel bits in the electrolytic tank because the top one's a little rusty and I bet the bottom one is really rusty because of the leaky rad. If it *does* come with those pieces, I'm not going to waste my time cleaning spare parts...
thanks!
So the question. Does a new replacement radiator typically come with the steel mount pieces top and bottom and the two straps in front of the core, or is it just the bare core and two tanks? Reason I ask is I've got the rad all but out, I just need to find my QD tool for the lower trans cooler line and then disconnect the two rad hoses and I'm done. But if it doesn't come with the steel pieces I'll go ahead and pull everything out now and start cooking the steel bits in the electrolytic tank because the top one's a little rusty and I bet the bottom one is really rusty because of the leaky rad. If it *does* come with those pieces, I'm not going to waste my time cleaning spare parts...
thanks!