Robert
On both of my 100s the bracket is fitted the opposite way to those in
your photo. This means that the radiator leans back; about 3/8" at the
top bracket. This means that I have no real problem changing a fan belt.
The only thing I will add is that in both cases the radiators have been
repaired at some time in their life so I cannot guarantee that the
radiators were fitted this way originally.
Regards
>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
>
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John Harper
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