ALL DONE! my friend and i finished taking everything off....plugged the hoses at the firewall, took off the brakets by removing the shroud, fan and water pump pully (finding that my fan was about to break and destroy my radiator) i got a new fan, and finished taking everything off of the brackets. everything is working great. still need to take out the a/c vent, but all the hard stuff is done! thanks for the help guys.
