Radiator 2

First job was to finish off the problems i've been having with the bonnet hinge. In the end I shaved the end of the hinge plate down and used the vice to bend it shape. A lot of bend a bit and then offer it up action but the end result is good. The hinge now rotates properly without any undue force needed as a result of misalignment.

with this done I turned to the rad and drilled the fixing holes for the lower radiator cradle into the chassis horns. Straight forward enough except for clearance to get the bloomin drill into the gap between the body and chassis. Sometime ago I purchased a cheap 90 degree angle attachment for my drill. Ive used this a couple of times and its now starting to fall apart but thankfully it held up long enough to allow me to drill the holes into the chassis. I tapped the holes and ran in 2 M6 socket head bolts each side. The cradle then came off again and I mounted the rad onto it using the threaded posts i had already tapped etc. The hole assembly was then lifted and bolted back into place (this is tricky on your own!).

The top mounting arms are relatively straight forward fitment and only required a little shortening and bending into exact position. These were then bolted into place on the inner fron arches again using M6 stainless socket cap bolts with load spreading washers and nylocs on 'tuther' side.

As a 'belt and braces' I drilled a 2mm hole through the lower mounting posts and pushed a split pin through under the nuts to fully secure them. It was hard enough trying to find some M9 nuts in the first place let alone Nyloc ones! Crap photo but it gives you the idea.....

This job is quite a big one and im glad to have got it out of the way but the rad is now in and solid.....