Anyone know if there is a viable, tidy alternative to the metal pipe which runs over the thermostat housing on its way round the os of the engine block, pausing only for its two supporting brackets to be bolted down by head stud nuts?
it makes me cross
surely there must be a little alternative pipe which runs nicely round the ps of the engine instead, and doesn't block the stat? mounted on the manifold bolts maybe?
Yes - A30 etc had the little pipe on the manifold side, held on with the manifold nuts. The brackets under the head nuts are a really poor idea because the head nut torque will be affected by the thin soft metal of the bracket. I fit longer studs - and fix it with a second nut. Mini just uses rubber pipe to do the job.
wibble_puppy wrote:surely there must be a little alternative pipe which runs nicely round the ps of the engine instead, and doesn't block the stat? mounted on the manifold bolts maybe?
In a word, yes.
I don't know if it's original to the car but it doesn't look home-made.
Alex Holden - http://www.alexholden.net/
If it doesn't work, you're not hitting it with a big enough hammer.
Aye - that's the A30 one - maybe also fitted to early Minors as standard? It brings the water back on the wrong side of the engine for a Minor of course - but you can soon join up to it with a rubber pipe.
for those wishing to know what wibble_puppy is talking about:
Do you really need to do anything else? Mine is quite easy to 'move' out of the way by undoing the connector to the rubber hose and gain access to the thermostat.
Anyhow, what sort of perfectionist would change from the original set-up
Kirsten (me not the car) is my name and I'm male!!
alex_holden wrote:That photo's from my mid-1963 1098cc Trav - but maybe somebody has swapped the pipe with one from an earlier car. The heater was the old round type.
I've just checked the books & the change was April 1963 car no 1039564 when the fresh air ducting was introduced along with the new heater, valve & pipe.
alex_holden wrote:That photo's from my mid-1963 1098cc Trav - but maybe somebody has swapped the pipe with one from an earlier car. The heater was the old round type.
I've just checked the books & the change was April 1963 car no 1039564 when the fresh air ducting was introduced along with the new heater, valve & pipe.
Yes, Fenchurch is about 9000 lower than that. Perhaps she was built quite early in 1963 then...
Alex Holden - http://www.alexholden.net/
If it doesn't work, you're not hitting it with a big enough hammer.
