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Aug 18th, 2022, 19:09 | #291 |
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So today replaced the rad with a new one….
Drained the old system into a bucket (which was pretty clean) Removed the top hose Then drained the middle pipe into the bucket - interesting thing was that it flowed nicely and then stopped and then a few mins later there was a big glug and it started flowing again and I got another litre out - clearly some flow issues inside. Bottom hose drained but kept high so as not to fully empty the system Quickly swapped the rad over - 4 nuts on the fan, 2 screws hold the shroud and 2 x 10mm bolts holding the mounting brackets on and it comes straight out! New rad put in place Instead of refilling the system from the header tank I used a hose and gravity fed from the coolant bracket until it was full, then plumbed in the top pipe and topped up the header tank. While the car was getting up the temp I decided to tidy up the rad brackets and the air filter bracket using a wire brush and some black paint And refitted …all done !! 30mins and £55 JJ
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Aug 18th, 2022, 19:31 | #292 |
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Been for a run and it seems to be perfect
Fast drive followed by slow town driving the the needle was barely even horizontal JJ
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Aug 19th, 2022, 05:19 | #293 | |
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Isn't that a radiator for an automatic? It will still work - but obviously some of the cooling area will be wasted. Alan
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Classic swede only sells the 1 type JJ
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Aug 25th, 2022, 07:50 | #295 | |
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I notice my new (to me) 1983 GLE has the same fan arrangement; it seems to work okay. I wondered whether you thought you had any improvement after changing the item on your motor car? Alan
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Aug 25th, 2022, 08:39 | #296 | |
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But because the airflow wasn’t getting warm enough as it passed through the rad, even the new one wasn’t activating fully when it should. If you can easily stop the fan with a rolled up newspaper once the car is hot then it’s prob not at its best - I could even spin mine backwards quite easily It should also “roar” more when the car is hot JJ
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No probs mate
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Aug 25th, 2022, 18:29 | #299 |
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So tried another fix for the damaged door pockets this week…
When I collected the car they were superglued and had foil tape in the back - and they didn’t last long I initially got some araldite and that didn’t work very well (it struggled to even dry) I think tried a plastic specific 2 stage glue and used to support pieces and while that stuck well, it just didn’t bond and the glue was easy to just peel off So my final attempt was to get my hand on some plastic weld glue I’d read great reviews about it and found someone had used it on the door pockets with some success. It’s still like superglue but hoping it binds way better! I cleaned all the old glue off and gave the surfaces a bit of a sand and applied the glue and clamped and also reused the braces I’d put on before Left overnight and it seems to have bonded better (you can’t see the white strips when in the car) I have a plan to create a better and more useful support - watch this space JJ
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If the plastic is similar to water waste pipe in composition, I wonder if that melt/ weld glue plumbers use would be any good.🤔
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