[Healeys] space between engine and rad

[Robert Duquette]

4 to 1.

I'll be warming up the wrenches I guess.  :)

Thanks!


> From: scvc70 at epix.net
> To: robertduquette at sympatico.ca
> CC: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] space between engine and rad
> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:40:28 -0400
>
> See the attached photo (yes, I know it's stripped from the list) of this
> bracket on BN1L/221626, taken during dismantling. Judging by the thickness
> of the dirt/grease layer on engine compartment and chassis, the car was
> never "molested" mechanically (unlike the body, which had pounds of filler
> in dented nose and tail and multiple coats of paint).
>
> Sarah Carr
> BN1 in PA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Duquette" <robertduquette at sympatico.ca>
> To: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] space between engine and rad
>
>
> > My stupid question of the day.
> >
> > I got to thinking, which usually doesn't help much, ... but, ... recently
> > I
> > asked for other 100 owners to let me know what the distance should be
> > between
> > the fan and the rad and/or the crank nut to rad on a 100.
> > The consensus is that the top distance should be 1". Only one person gave
> > the
> > bottom measurement, and that was at 2". That's what got me thinking.
> > This
> > bounced around in my mind for awhile. If my rad is vertical and the
> > measurements between rad and engine are the same top and bottom, why is
> > his
> > different? I was thinking that for this to be so, then the back of the
> > gearbox should be mounted higher. So, then, I had a flash and thought
> > that
> > perhaps one of our sets of lower brackets is the wrong way around. I
> > expected
> > to find that my rad was vertical and that perhaps his was tilted back
> > towards
> > the engine at the top. When i had a moment, I grabbed a level ( and a
> > camera
> > ) and headed out to the garage. To my surprise, I found that my rad is
> > not
> > vertical, but instead is tilted "forward" at the top by about a 1/2 inch.
> > ( my right hand side lower bracket taken from above )
> > http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/LowerRadBracket.jpg
> >
> > I just scoured the internet for a bit to see if I could find an image of
> > an
> > installed lower rad bracket to see if mine were put on incorrectly. (
> > Before
> > anyone jumps on me; I have not ever removed the bracket. ) This drawing
> > on
> > Moss' site is the closest that I have
> > found.http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=28859
> >
> > Mine is in backwards, isn't it?