Yup. I had the same experience. No need to raise the front end. It drops
down and back. Reverse for installation. Like Mike said, a jack (or in my
case a helper) makes installation much easier.

Not a difficult job, but it takes a little wiggling. Plus, you need to
remove the spare tire mount.

Be careful when purchasing a new radiator. I would suggest obtaining one
locally, since some online vendors pack them very very poorly
(newspaper in my case, which allowed the rad. to be punctured).

Have fun.

Jon

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, Mike Collum wrote:

> I replaced the radiator in my '84 before leaving Hawaii and before I
> even knew there WAS a list.  That was about 7 years ago but, as I
> recall, I roughly measured the height of the radiator and figured I'd
> have to be high enough for the thing to clear when coming out the
> bottom.  Then, I believe I used a 4X4 length of wood to act as a spacer
> between the jack and the van to achieve that height.
>
> Anyway, the first attempt did the trick.
>
> Mike
>
>
> Shawn Wright wrote:
> > Anyone know off hand how high I need to raise the front end to remove the
> > rad on an '88?
> >
> >
> > Shawn Wright
> > http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
> > '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
> > '85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA
> >
>