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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 <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">and<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">spot
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.</span></span><img size="3642558" contenttype="image/jpeg" tabindex="-1" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); max-width: 100%" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:807cd2dc-5561-495a-adbe-104ec14f3023"></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com <simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 17, 2020 4:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Surgery to front cross braces.</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">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 class="x_MsoNormal">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 class="x_MsoNormal">The brackets are very nicely made. “Laser-cut”, I think they say. And the destructions are well laid out and perfectly comprehensible.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">But, not to put to fine a point on it, the bloody thing won’t fit.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">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 class="x_MsoNormal">I’ve got to the stage where I give up or attack the two cross pieces with an angle grinder.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">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 class="x_MsoNormal">See the attached. I’m thinking of grinding off everything contained within the black arrows.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">I really can’t see an alternative but I’m holding off for now. Seems a tad drastic……</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Really appreciate your input on this…</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Simon</p>
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