See the attached photo (yes, I know it's stripped from the list) of this
bracket on BN1L/221626, taken during dismantling. Judging by the thickness
of the dirt/grease layer on engine compartment and chassis, the car was
never "molested" mechanically (unlike the body, which had pounds of filler
in dented nose and tail and multiple coats of paint).
Sarah Carr
BN1 in PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Duquette" <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
To: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] space between engine and rad
> 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?
[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of
engine bay - right 2.JPG]
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