May not have clearance between top of radiator and closed hood.
Thanks
Mike
Michael T. Moore, CPA
2007 West 32nd Street
Erie, PA 16508
Phone: 814-868-4831 ext 103
Fax: 814-864-7383
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From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of TR4 Tony
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:07 AM
To: marty sukey
Cc: FOT
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 Rad question
Marty
This is pretty common with aftermarket rads and the easiest way to fix it is
to shim the rad up to match the top hose. The bottom hose connects to a
steel pipe and elbow which goes to the bottom of the water pump housing, so
you can shorten the pipe easily enough.
The top hose is the one that splits under the pressure and movement from the
engine, so critical to get this right.
Regards
Tony
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On 22 Jul 2013, at 14:36, marty sukey <trmarty@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am buttoning up the TR4 project that I am helping a buddy with. He
> sent
me
> an aluminum radiator to install. The problem that I ran into last
> night
was
> the line coming off the thermostat housing sits about 1 inch higher
> than
the
> line entering the top of the radiator. The short hose between them
> will
have
> an "S" shape bend to make it work and that just does not look like a
> good
long
> term solution. I thought about machining up some spacer to raise the
radiator
> but then the clearance for the lower radiator hose would be an issue.
> I
don't
> see a way to lower the engine. I know there are a bunch of TR4 folks
> out there. Anybody else have this issue and resolved it?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marty
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