well i finnaly replaced my rad yesterday., it was all very simple as ive done them befor but i did want to comment on the tranmission lines, the one at the top was easy as was the bottome coming out but when i got the new one back in all went back to gether very easy except for the bottom trans line,. it is the one just underneth the lower hose port, which makes it kinda diffucult to put back in,. i musta fought with it for about an hour!...i also have this same issue when im doing trans jobs,. lol aint there any other easyer fittings for trans lines??.... when i got it all back together i added water and started the car,. i could see right away the temp gauge was rising fast,.i shut it down cause the fan would not come on,. then i added more water , i dint let the whol system fill compleatly., was the problem,.,.so let this be a note: to others,. just cause the tank filled to the top does not mean that it is compleatly full,,.,,.now the next thing on my list other then an alt, is to do a rear end replacment...............

 

Yep theres something easier, a barb fitting and some rubber line lol. I know what you mean, I hate screwing hard lines, unless they are prebent, or the orginals.