I know the top bolts to the radiator bracket/shroud. What do the bottom holes bolt to?...

 

A more or less flat plastic piece that bolts to the bottom of the core support. 2 bolts at the bottom if memory serves, and 2 bolts that hold the fan to it.

 

Great, I don't have that piece. . Any idea where I can get one?...

 

Any thirdgen with a single fan... V6, TBI, anything that didn't have duals.

 

Thanks, Drew. I don't know what happened to the one from my parts car. I can't imagine I would have thrown it away...

 

pretty common piece at most wreckers

 

Okay, I got a lower bracket. Is there supposed to be some kind of spacers that go between the fan and lower bracket?
It does not line up with the top bracket/shroud...

 

Guys, I need HELP. I just cannot see how the bottom of this fan is supposed to mount (I have he lower bracket now).
I'm putting an electric fan from a '84 L-69 equipped thirdgen into a '83 Firebird that never had an electric fan. What I really need are some pictures so I can see what I'm missing or doing wrong...

 

if memory serves, a pair of u-nuts attach to the bottom fan bracket piece and the bolts go through the bottom radiator tray into it. it sits inside, on the radiator side, of the metal lip of the tray.

I can confirm with a pic later today if needed.

 

What naf Said,Not The Greatest Pics,Hard To Get A Cam In There It's Held On To The Bottom Bracket With Extruded U Nuts.

 

Thanks for the pics. Are the power steering line clips mounting to the same holes as the lower fan bracket?...

 

No They Have Their Own Bracket.

 

Wow, I don't have those brackets. I was trying to mount it in the same holes that the lower fan bracket bolts to (doh!!!)...

 

Later cars don't have additional brackets for the steering cooler, they just double up with the lower fan mount bolts.

 

Okay, I got the fan mounted. Thanks for all the advice. Crazy how something so simple can be so confusing.
The confusion came from not having the bottom fan bracket, and from the mounting of the power steering cooling lines. Does anyone here happen to have an extra pair of those early mounting brackets for the cooling lines? It's really a pain trying to mount them through the same holes as the fan bracket. Right now I'm temporarily using zip-ties...

 

you can pick up some similar mounting brackets for the cooler lines from a hardware store and make them work.I used them for plug wire holders once:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/atta...ugwireloom.jpg

 

Yeah, I have those already. I'm talking about the other funny-shaped ones in the pictures above...

 

So I guess no one has any of those. They must be rare...

 

at this day and age it may be difficult to find some, best bet is to post here in the parts wanted section.