I had the same crap happen to me almost! I took the old rad out, thank god it was bad. But either way it was stolen from me too! The Karma did catch up to those guys, they stole 2 other radiators from a local junkyard and tried turning all of them in. They got snagged for trying to turn in 3 copper radiators. I don't know what is wrong with people today. My new truck has a rifle holder going across the back window, I'm tempted to use it for what it was meant to be!