[Fot] TR4 Rad question

[Tony Sheach]

Fair point - in that case you need to either cut the mounts and reweld then,
or sent it back to the supplier and get one that's made right !!!

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On 23 Jul 2013, at 16:40, "Mike Moore" <mmoore at wave1.net> wrote:

> May not have clearance between top of radiator and closed hood.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
> Michael T. Moore, CPA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of TR4 Tony
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:07 AM
> To: marty sukey
> Cc: FOT
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 Rad question
>
> Marty
>
> This is pretty common with aftermarket rads and the easiest way to fix it
is
> to shim the rad up to match the top hose. The bottom hose connects to a
> steel pipe and elbow which goes to the bottom of the water pump housing, so
> you can shorten the pipe easily enough.
>
> The top hose is the one that splits under the pressure and movement from
the
> engine, so critical to get this right.
>
> Regards
>
> Tony
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 22 Jul 2013, at 14:36, marty sukey <trmarty at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am buttoning up the TR4 project that I am helping a buddy with. He
>> sent
> me
>> an aluminum radiator to install.  The problem that I ran into last
>> night
> was
>> the line coming off the thermostat housing sits about 1 inch higher
>> than
> the
>> line entering the top of the radiator.  The short hose between them
>> will
> have
>> an "S" shape bend to make it work and that just does not look like a
>> good
> long
>> term solution.  I thought about machining up some spacer to raise the
> radiator
>> but then the clearance for the lower radiator hose would be an issue.
>> I
> don't
>> see a way to lower the engine. I know there are a bunch of TR4 folks
>> out there. Anybody else have this issue and resolved it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Marty
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