G'day
Now that was a familiar situation. In my car the fan went crashing into
the front cross-member and cut the bottom radiator hose to shreds.
Not because of the engine mountings, which are AH100 type grafted on to
a 6-cylinder engine but because the gearbox tie-rod rubbers had
completely disintegrated. That allowed the whole engine/gearbox to move
forward under brakes.
The rubber in the gearbox tie-rod rubbers is highly susceptible to oil,
of which everything behind the engine receives copious amounts.
Solution???? Fit new gearbox tie-rod rubbers made from neoprene - they
don't disintegrate.
Friday arvo here and I am about to knock off.
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
1947 Healey Duncan Saloon
1954 Austin-Healey 100 BN3/1
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces+patrick.quinn=det.nsw.edu.au@autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+patrick.quinn=det.nsw.edu.au@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Alan Seigrist
Sent: Friday, 6 June 2008 3:01 PM
To: Jerry Costanzo
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Engine mount adjustments
Jerry -
If you hit a dip in the road hard, that adjustment can make all the
difference between you driving home or having your radiator fan blades
strike the lower v cross member, bending forward, and subsequently
ripping out the core of your radiator in a very pretty circular
pattern. Don't ask how I know this. The gearbox tie rod rubbers need
to be kept in good shape too!
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
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