80 Series Radiator

Hi All,
We found a puddle of green water under our 80 series at the front. Broken radiator is the culprit but that is not the reason for this post.
To remove the radiator you have to remove the parking lights to remove the headlight sorround to remove the headlight assembly to remove the main grill to remove the a/c condensor top mounting to remove the top radiator mounting bolts which have the nut at the front and all this done working around the bull bar, driving lights and the high mount winch.
So I thought there must be a way of mounting the bolts the other way around so the nut is accessable from the engine side of the radiator. Answer is to remove the metal sleeve, from the original bolt, that goes inside the rubber bushes. Buy 2 X 8mm hex bolts 40 mm long + nuts ($2) and put them through the holes in the radiator support panel from the front. Then put a nut on from the back and lock firmly. Cut the thickness of the nut off the metal sleeve that you took of the old bolt.
You can them refit the radiator from the engine side only saving all the work of removing heaps of stuff at the front.
I will bet the engineer who designed this mounting never had to actually remove and refit a radiator himself. I think it is worth making the mod even before necessary to make it easier when it has to be done somewhere out on the track. After all Murphy travels with all of us. You don't need to remove the radiator to make the change.
Hope this can help someone.