So I was going to swap out the power steering rack today. I walked out to the car and there was a line of coolant coming from the car. I checked the water pump and the weeping hole was leaking. So I went to my father in laws(Where the motor I will be swapping in is at, and he has a garage) to swap out the water pump and hopefully still have enough time for the power steering rack, lines and pump. Spend about 2 hours bent over the fender while I sped all the old gasket and gobs of RTV off. Hooked the bottom hose back up, filled it full of 50/50 and started it up. It starts g coolant out of the upper radiator hose mount on the radiator. So I go to autozone and get a new radiator.
Had to wait for 1 hour while they "looked" for it. I got it back to the car and swapped it out. The lines sucked to get off. They were tighter then they should have been at least. Spent almost 2 hours getting everything in the garage cleaned up. Then I threw more coolant in it, started it up, and went to pull it out front cause I figured I was done. When I got out of the car, there was a long red line following my car the whole way. I pop the hood, and now I have tranny fluid all over the car. I parked the car back at my father in laws and drove the neon home.
I bent the fitting on the radiator and the plastic seal isn't fitting right inside of the line.
Nothing like 5 hours or more of work and $100 down the drain just to park the car, and drive the neon home.
I had a tranny coolant line go bad at the fitting,and I went to Autozone,bought some rubber line for the tranny,cut the metal lines about a foot from the tranny,installed the rubber lines and a cooler I had from an Explorer.No more worries.Now I have the 5 speed,it's all gone,but the rubber lines worked great,and sisn't take long at all to fix.That little stuff can nickel and dime you to death,and,Christmas is around the corner,don't forget your sweetie.