[Healeys] Surgery to front cross braces.

[Michael Oritt]

Simon--

I don't think you should--or need to--do what you are contemplating.
Though some say otherwise I think it is fine to mount the fan to the front
of the cross-braces, or at least that is what I did and the fan definitely
helps out when in traffic, etc.  BTW I did not use a thermostatic switch
for the fan as I believe one should be able to turn it on way before the
car starts to overheat.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 3:18 PM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink at msn.com> wrote:

> Simon, When I installed two 10 inch Hayden fans on the front of the
> radiator of my 100 I needed some extra space between the radiator and the
> cross braces. They were already loose from the upper brace due to previous
> wear and tear so I bent them forward (in relation to the front of the car)
> at the base and re-landed them on a sheet metal angle piece that I had
> fabricated andspot welded to the front of the top brace. That gave, in
> this case, an extra 1" of clearance which simplified installation of the
> radiator with the fans attached.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of
> simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 17, 2020 4:13 PM
> *To:* 'Healeys' <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Surgery to front cross braces.
>
>
> I am having fifty thousand fits trying to install a Revotec pusher fan in
> my 3000 MkII BT7 ie a fan that sits on the front of the radiator.
>
> So…..I’ve got a Revotec kit. Decent powerful “slimline” 14” fan and a pair
> of mounting brackets designed specifically for 3000s. (Plus a thermostat
> etc).
>
> The brackets are very nicely made. “Laser-cut”, I think they say. And the
> destructions are well laid out and perfectly comprehensible.
>
> But, not to put to fine a point on it, the bloody thing won’t fit.
>
> It’s all too precise, all cut to the nearest millimetre with very little
> scope for fettling. They probably got a 3000 and designed everything
> precisely per that particular car and supposed that 3000s would all be the
> same. (To the nearest millimetre!!!)  I must have had the radiator in and
> out half a dozen times. It’s not easy – on my car at least – without the
> fan. But, with the fan, it’s a real PITA.
>
> I’ve got to the stage where I give up or attack the two cross pieces with
> an angle grinder.
>
> I’m referring to the two bits of angle-iron, referred to as braces I
> think, that are behind the radiator. They are, basically, “L”-shaped with
> the horizontal section nearest the grille and the flat going towards the
> radiator.  I wonder if it’s imprudent to grind off about ¾ “ of both sides
> about 4” above where they intersect and about 1½” below.
>
> See the attached. I’m thinking of grinding off everything contained within
> the black arrows.
>
> I really can’t see an alternative but I’m holding off for now. Seems a tad
> drastic……
>
> Really appreciate your input on this…
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
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