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aeropilot said:
newsatten said:
What is that...?Rad shroud?
Haha yeah, fan housing , hence the Ali fan blade drive sitting on the top,
i randomly grab something and refurd it!
not particularly organised but less tedious.
But i will do the fan and pulley at the same time, i did dig the Radiator out today as well, gave it a quick inspection but unfortunately its got a split in the core, so need a recore or a new rad?
Which is a bugger as and old school brass tank jobbie is very expensive, around 900 bucks plus post blah blah ......... 1300 quid!!!!!
so if a recore is a no go , ill have to go Aluminium, and probably Lecy Fans etc,
But as ever ill keep everything so it can be put back to factory if needed .
There are good reasons perhaps not to use twin electric fans..........OEM fan in a proper shroud and viscous fan drive (even HD/A.C specific fan/viscous unit behind an alluminium radiator and new water pump should do all you need.......without the hastle of heavy duty cabling and alternator etc.
roscobbc said:
There are good reasons perhaps not to use twin electric fans..........OEM fan in a proper shroud and viscous fan drive (even HD/A.C specific fan/viscous unit behind an alluminium radiator and new water pump should do all you need.......without the hastle of heavy duty cabling and alternator etc.
Yeah I’m not a fan of high Amp wiring on old cars,Generally the Alternator isn’t large enough to cope etc
No at this stage I’ll stay semi original,
My fans a flexi Jobbie so maybe not correct?
But that’s a future worry!
I’ve got to keep it all rolling but also need to be careful in the spend,
Just going to bit by bit etc
Allcool based in Barking, Essex I am sure would be able to recore your original radiator.
They are on 0208 593 3333
https://allcool.co.uk/
They are on 0208 593 3333
https://allcool.co.uk/
SRT Hellcat said:
Allcool based in Barking, Essex I am sure would be able to recore your original radiator.
They are on 0208 593 3333
https://allcool.co.uk/
Or Aaron Radiators in south-east London, been going since the 60's and do a lot of classic and vintage/veteran rads.They are on 0208 593 3333
https://allcool.co.uk/
https://www.aaronradiator.co.uk/upgrading-classic-...
newsatten said:
Christ even I’m turning into a rivet counter!
There's no hope for you now 
Have you been perfecting your Jeremy Clarkson adenoidal voice then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQlO5ShM6UM
LeighW said:
This popped up on my Youtube feed yesterday. Oof, if you like TAs, some nice stuff in their shop!
Blimey, that's some operation there, must have a massive staff and overheads to throughput that amount of cars...!!Love the blue/white interior 71 T/A 455 4-speed, and the Brewster Green 73's. Nice to see a '69 T/A as well, rare beasts now.
Early C3 Vettes were marginal in terms of cooling.......big block's even more so......HO big blocks sub minimal. All due to reduced frontal nose area and compromised nacelle design. There are still plenty of things that can be done on marginally cooled vehicles without resorting to radiator mounted electric fans (which are ideal for cars 'without' inherent cooling issues)
aeropilot said:
Blimey, that's some operation there, must have a massive staff and overheads to throughput that amount of cars...!!
Love the blue/white interior 71 T/A 455 4-speed, and the Brewster Green 73's. Nice to see a '69 T/A as well, rare beasts now.
Good stuff , I’ll have a shuffty while waiting for my scan lunch time !Love the blue/white interior 71 T/A 455 4-speed, and the Brewster Green 73's. Nice to see a '69 T/A as well, rare beasts now.
Stage five !!!
So time consuming!!
Good job it’s in work time !!! lol
Well I’ve got torn long and short tendons and a muscle tear to my bicep,
Apparently it will continue to improve and I can use it as long as I’m careful,
So hopefully I’ll be able to continue my resto but probably at a slower pace,
On the up side I’m getting stuff done at work so she’s still moving forward!
We didn’t get the battery again and our Volvo won’t have any hope of being repaired till February at the earliest,
and could be as long as May!
So we’re going for complete rejection so just a waiting game now, and we’re put as many miles on as our fleet car as possible!
Apparently it will continue to improve and I can use it as long as I’m careful,
So hopefully I’ll be able to continue my resto but probably at a slower pace,
On the up side I’m getting stuff done at work so she’s still moving forward!
We didn’t get the battery again and our Volvo won’t have any hope of being repaired till February at the earliest,
and could be as long as May!
So we’re going for complete rejection so just a waiting game now, and we’re put as many miles on as our fleet car as possible!
newsatten said:
We didn’t get the battery again and our Volvo won’t have any hope of being repaired till February at the earliest,
and could be as long as May!
So we’re going for complete rejection so just a waiting game now, and we’re put as many miles on as our fleet car as possible!
I'm guessing you don't mean the normal 12v battery, and I'm guessing its a hybrid, and it's that rechargable battery pack that has gone kaput which they can't replace...?and could be as long as May!
So we’re going for complete rejection so just a waiting game now, and we’re put as many miles on as our fleet car as possible!
aeropilot said:
I'm guessing you don't mean the normal 12v battery, and I'm guessing its a hybrid, and it's that rechargable battery pack that has gone kaput which they can't replace...?
Yep the 48 volt stop start system,We’ve had to go via the Ombudsman as Volvo uk basically refuses to take any responsibility for the malfunction,
It’s all rather stressful and the complete opposite of what we were trying to achieve!
Wall to wall Bull—-t and everyone hides behind emails and data protection, and constantly uses it to avoid taking or taking any responsibility,
newsatten said:
aeropilot said:
I'm guessing you don't mean the normal 12v battery, and I'm guessing its a hybrid, and it's that rechargable battery pack that has gone kaput which they can't replace...?
Yep the 48 volt stop start system,We’ve had to go via the Ombudsman as Volvo uk basically refuses to take any responsibility for the malfunction,
How the mighty have fallen would be an appropriate term to now describe what has become of Volvo, compared to the Volvo of the 60's to 00's era.
aeropilot said:
newsatten said:
aeropilot said:
I'm guessing you don't mean the normal 12v battery, and I'm guessing its a hybrid, and it's that rechargable battery pack that has gone kaput which they can't replace...?
Yep the 48 volt stop start system,We’ve had to go via the Ombudsman as Volvo uk basically refuses to take any responsibility for the malfunction,
How the mighty have fallen would be an appropriate term to now describe what has become of Volvo, compared to the Volvo of the 60's to 00's era.
HaHa
actually 7 months, and at this rate it will spend longer off the road than i did when was working !
weve had to take time out now as its causing far to much stress and anger !
its Christmas now so it can to F--- till the new year !
newsatten said:
Kent rads have replied so sending them some pics today
If that doesn't work out, there's Regal Rads in Forge Lane, East Farleigh (Maidstone), proper old school outfit, almost a bloke in a shed type of thing. He built a custom rad for me when I dropped a 3.9 V8 in the Defender, it's been great, several years later and still going strong. Seems very well made.Gassing Station | Yank Motors | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff