Radiator 1

Spent a productive hour or so in the garage and have now mounted the radiator fan using 1 Inch steel angle iron which i've sprayed in silver engine paint. The Pacet fan comes with two types of mounting bracketry one of which I have decided is the best option. Dax recommend using cable ties that go through the rad and are fixed on the other side. Ive never liked this option and i've heard of issues with the plastic rubbing and causing problems with the rad matrix.

In the end I decided to use the posts sticking out of the top and bottom of the rad to mount it which leaves two threaded holes at the top and a couple of brackets on the bottom that I could use for the fan. Anyway pictures speak for themselves so to speak.....

The last couple of jobs needed - remove the blow off valve tube in the filler neck as this wont be used and thread the mounting posts. After unbolting the valve tube I ran an 8mm tap through the hole and bolted in a stainless dome head socket cap with some PTFE tape to seal it - job done. 

The posts are 9mm in diameter so I spent a while trying to find a supplier of some M9 nuts which are like the perverbial rocking horse &*@*! As it turns out the Citroen DS uses M9 nuts somewhere in its suspension so a call to a specialist had this sorted - £4 though! 

The use of a standard M9 die was employed and the nuts are on. The Rad is now complete and ready for mounting when I have got the body on.

 

Definitely need to improve my photography!