Hope you are well. I've been looking into getting a new radiator, however none of them come with the plates to attach the thing to the bodywork? Mine look like they have been welded on. Whats the best way to go about getting hold of these?
Hi Kyle, the bracket attachments should look like the photo here. There are 4 small bolts on top and 4 underneath which are invariably rusty. I think something like a 3/8 in A.F. socket will get them out with lots of Plus-Gas. The brackets then slide off.I f they have been welded on ( probably brazed ) then the reconditioning place will have to attend to that.
HTH,
Tony.
I will make sure to check them if and when I need any more of the screws. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I will be able to just re-use the old ones though!
You will get about a 30% survival rate on the setscrews...the heads will shear off. You then have to drill them out without
damage to the core...good luck with that.
Jonners
Note from Admin: sadly Jon passed away in February 2018 but his humour and wealth of knowledge will be fondly remembered by all. RIP Jonners.
I managed to get all the bolts out ok and in a useable state. The threads on the new radiator were a bit shot though, so I didn't manage to attach the bottom nearside of the radiator to the frame thing? What on earth can you do to replace those radiator threads?! Do you get them helicoiled?!
Yes it is an 'uprated reconditioned radiator', with 25 fins per inch as opposed to 10 apparently? It is doing a marvellous job of keeping the engine cool at least. Just the threads aren't perfect!
I'm wondering if the captive nuts have been changed during the recon; process from 1/4 UNF -28 (O.D. = 0.25 in, pitch 35 thou ) to a metric nearest size of M6 ( dia 6.16mm and 1mm pitch ) . Worth a try if you can get some short M6 set screws.
If the existing captive nuts need tapping or Helicoiling it would have to be done very carefully with short inserts due to the danger of running the drill or the tap through your nice new rad; core.
Tony.
