What do you do when you break the lower shroud retainer?

[Dana67Dart]

You 3D print a replacement!

The retainer on the left is the one that came with the radiator or is the OEM retainer on the replacement radiator.

The one on the right is my 5 minute Reverse Engineered replacement.

Later I added fillets to make it look more like the original.

I purposely did not remove the material between the tabs to give it more grip in the hole it snaps into

 

[Dana67Dart]

It snapped in fine and is currently holding well

Time will tell if I should have used a different material.

 

[4spdragtop]

Nice work Dana!

 

[Dana67Dart]

I was so impressed with myself, my first thought was buy one on eBay. No go, parts book doesn't even show it, so I'm thinking it might be part of the replacement rad from 5 years ago.

The shroud has no other method to hold the bottom of the shroud in place.

I thought about a bolt and nut.

Then 3D print!

5 minutes of cad and 1 hour of printing.