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Re: TAKING OUT A RADIATOR

To: "DeLuca, Joseph" <Joseph.DeLuca@wl.com>
Subject: Re: TAKING OUT A RADIATOR
From: Colin Cobb <cobmeister@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 17:27:14 -0600
Hey Joe,

Any chance you could scan the "chinese puzzle" pencil drawing and share 
it?

--Colin Cobb, Las Cruces, NM, USA

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> I'm also an advocate of the 'down and out" approach.
> 
> I've noticed from the different responses that the
> SNUGNESS of the rad in the cowl varies quite a bit.
> (EVERYTHING varies from one Morgan to another).
> It might explain why some folks can extract the
> unit more easily than others.
> 
> One fellow said he could rotate his rad sideways
> inside the cowl.  I sure can't.  That baby is wedged
> in there so tight, up or down are my only options
> with no room for turning the rad about on it's vertical
> axis.  I always lose a lot paint and generate lots of
> scraping noises on removal (not to mention the cussing)
> due to the snugness.
> 
> So, down it is, tilting the bottom of the unit towards
> the back of the auto as it descends. It ends up with
> the front face of the rad flat on the floor with the
> top aimed towards the front of the car.
> 
> The last time I did this (twice last month) I made a
> step-by-step pencil drawing to remind me how to solve
> the Chinese puzzle the next time.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joe DeLuca
> Sparta, NJ
> '62 yellow 4/4 competition model
> Morgan 3/4 Group, USA

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