My stupid question of the day.
I got to thinking, which usually doesn't help much, ... but, ... recently I
asked for other 100 owners to let me know what the distance should be between
the fan and the rad and/or the crank nut to rad on a 100.
The consensus is that the top distance should be 1". Only one person gave the
bottom measurement, and that was at 2". That's what got me thinking. This
bounced around in my mind for awhile. If my rad is vertical and the
measurements between rad and engine are the same top and bottom, why is his
different? I was thinking that for this to be so, then the back of the
gearbox should be mounted higher. So, then, I had a flash and thought that
perhaps one of our sets of lower brackets is the wrong way around. I expected
to find that my rad was vertical and that perhaps his was tilted back towards
the engine at the top. When i had a moment, I grabbed a level ( and a camera
) and headed out to the garage. To my surprise, I found that my rad is not
vertical, but instead is tilted "forward" at the top by about a 1/2 inch.
( my right hand side lower bracket taken from above )
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/LowerRadBracket.jpg
I just scoured the internet for a bit to see if I could find an image of an
installed lower rad bracket to see if mine were put on incorrectly. ( Before
anyone jumps on me; I have not ever removed the bracket. ) This drawing on
Moss' site is the closest that I have
found.http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=28859
Mine is in backwards, isn't it?
> From: robertduquette@sympatico.ca
>
> Can someone tell me how much space there should be between the front of the
> fan and the rad and/or the space between the crank nut and the rad on a
100?
> I can snuggly fit my finger between the fan and the rad and when I measure
> that finger I get about 5/8th of an inch. And, yes, the distance hasn't
> changed from before I removed and replaced the rad.
> Does one really need to loosen the rad before changing the belt? I wanted
to
> remove the belt and run the car briefly with the generator removed to see
if
> the noise was 'gone'. I gave up last night, but I will go back to it.
>
> Robert Duquette
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