Friday, 23 October 2009

Keeping Cool

After the exhaust, I finished the cooling system. All the hoses are in - I had to find the thinnest hose (it was in the 'Shortages' box but not labelled as cooling hose). Lots of cutting later (including trying to decipher the hose requirements without a heater...) and a copious amount of jubilee clips and it was done.


A couple of points about the radiator... Don't over-tighten the nuts that hold the fan on - it's all just aluminium and I managed to pull one of the threaded pins through the support bar. Only tighten until you can see a couple of threads past the nut.
And the aluminium spacers in with the radiator must go between the rubber support bobbins and the rad - two per thread keeps the assembly off the front roll bar.

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