Good to hear the rad was an easy swap! How was bleeding the cooling system afterwards?
I ran into a bit of a problem with that.
I drained the fluid until it stopped dripping then swapped the rads and went to refill the rad.
Our cooling system holds 7.5 liters and I had a 3.78-liter jug of unmixed fluid, so I thought I'd just dump the jug in, and then top it up with distilled water.
I didn't even get the full jug in and the rad was full??
I was like, WTF?
So, the engine itself didn't drain, and I just put straight antifreeze in!
I managed to siphon off a bit of fluid from the top of the rad and then top it up with water, (a turkey baster from the dollar store works great)
The fluid in the engine was a 50/50 mix and I figure as long as I don't go past a 30/70 mix, I should be fine.
I went for a couple of short drives to test for leaks and to stir the fluid and make sure that the fan comes on and I'm still blowing heat in the cab.
So I didn't really have to bleed the system, because it never drained. Lol
I've got a rad fluid tester that I'm going to use today to check it and I'll have to drain some and top it up with water if it's too rich.
I should have just mixed the fluid before pouring it into the rad.
Duh. Lol
I didn't take any pictures because I just wanted to get it done and it was feeling like a chore that might take me a week to finish, but it went quite smoothly with luck on my side.