95 civic dx radiator replacement

I gotta change a radiator today on my mom's 95 civic dx (1.5L, sohc), and of course shopkey is one big clusterfuck of shit and can't even find anything about changing the radiator period. It looks straight forward, but every time I work on hondas there's always a hidden bolt or some shit that ends up making the job longer than it should be and I don't want that to happen today. Basically I was just looking for some tips from people that work on Hondas a lot, just so I don't hit any snags or anything. So if any of you honda peeps can give me some pointers on making this job as smooth as possible I'd appreciate it. Thanks guys
 
Well if I had to guess it would be the half one, it's pretty damn small. I assumed it would be that easy but I never know with these damn cars. Last time I tried to take a headlight out on this damn thing it took almost an hour because it did not want to come out and I finally just yanked the fuckin thing cause it's a beater anyways. Oh btw, where's the drain plug for the radiator usually? I forgot to look for that when I was under the car the other day.
 

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I gotta change a radiator today on my mom's 95 civic dx (1.5L, sohc), and of course shopkey is one big clusterfuck of shit and can't even find anything about changing the radiator period. It looks straight forward, but every time I work on hondas there's always a hidden bolt or some shit that ends up making the job longer than it should be and I don't want that to happen today. Basically I was just looking for some tips from people that work on Hondas a lot, just so I don't hit any snags or anything. So if any of you honda peeps can give me some pointers on making this job as smooth as possible I'd appreciate it. Thanks guys

It's very straight forward. Changed the radiator in a friends 95 Prelude in about 30 min. My 1988 civic was just as easy. I also just pulled the hose to drain. I had a big tub under the car so spilling on the floor was not possible :)
 
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