Meangreen my first reply was nice, though yes it discredited your opinion. I did it as nicely as possible though. Not only is it OK to have an opinion, it's OK if the opinion doesn't agree with someone else's. You have the right to disagree again with me and what not but you asked if I'm trying to start a fight, etc. I wasn't with the first post but I don't really care now, because your opinion isn't needed in the zetec section. We don't like people to discourage others from working on their cars. Sure he wasn't doing the right things, BUT that's why he posted on here, and we're here to point him in the right direction, which isn't a shop. Noone is born mechanically inclined, but it's more of a learned skill that anyone can do following a book, a how-to, or someone's directions.
And logger, it's not a big deal if you leave the radiator shield off. It's best to have it on, but mine has been off for a while as I've been doing various mods that require it to come off/on so much that I just left it off for a few months.
