On May 31, 2005, at 11:27 AM, John.Deikis@med.va.gov wrote:
>
> Now, a question: There has got to be some way to simplify the
> re-attachment of ther radiator to the shrouding on the Spridget. I
> want to
> devise a way to pull that crap off and put it back on in a away that
> does
> not require a monkey-fingered double-jointed mystic trying to thread
> little
> bolts into wiggling so-called "captive" nuts. It seems to take me as
> long to
> "button things up" as it does to drop the motor back in.
John,
Frank uses self taping screws and a screw gun, but he is working on the
Bugeye early radiator with no sheet metal in the way.
On the Midget front end I use slightly longer bolts to catch the
captured nuts in the shroud. I put an extra nut in the socket before I
"load" the bolt into the socket (a dab of grease will hold the bolt in
place in the socket). I use a 12 inch 3/8 drive extension to start the
bolt into the shroud. (Hard to explain - easy to do...).
I have 2 small stainless steel bolts on the bottom of the radiator
shroud with a large stainless steel washer on each side. These I leave
in place (loose) on the bottom of the shroud and lower the shroud into
place (with the radiator attached). The bolts will slide into the
slots in the bottom of the front cowl section and I just tighten them
up.
I always use "never-seize" on everything for reassembly.
Kevin
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