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<DIV>I fully agree with Michael. Installed mine with a thermostat in front of
the cross members 12 years ago and have never had a heating problem or
overflow.</DIV>
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<DIV>carl rubino</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=michael.oritt@gmail.com>Michael Oritt</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 17, 2020 3:26 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ynotink@msn.com>WILLIAM B LAWRENCE</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net>Healeys</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] Surgery to front cross
braces.</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default style="COLOR: #3333ff">Simon--</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default style="COLOR: #3333ff">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. </DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default style="COLOR: #3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 3:18 PM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE
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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 <SPAN
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welded to the front of the top brace. That gave, in this case, an extra 1" of
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" color=#000000 face="Calibri, sans-serif"><B>From:</B>
Healeys <<A target=_blank>healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</A>> on behalf
of <A target=_blank>simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</A> <<A
target=_blank>simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</A>><BR><B>Sent:</B>
Friday, January 17, 2020 4:13 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Healeys' <<A
target=_blank>healeys@autox.team.net</A>><BR><B>Subject:</B> [Healeys]
Surgery to front cross braces.</FONT>
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<P>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.</P>
<P>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).</P>
<P>The brackets are very nicely made. “Laser-cut”, I think they say. And the
destructions are well laid out and perfectly comprehensible.</P>
<P>But, not to put to fine a point on it, the bloody thing won’t fit. </P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>I’ve got to the stage where I give up or attack the two cross pieces with
an angle grinder.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>See the attached. I’m thinking of grinding off everything contained within
the black arrows.</P>
<P>I really can’t see an alternative but I’m holding off for now. Seems a tad
drastic……</P>
<P>Really appreciate your input on this…</P>
<P>Simon</P>
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