Radiator mounting??

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DazzyA
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Post Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:08 pm

should the radiator be fixed at some point? mine has no fixing points at all it only has two round rubber things that look like they should sit in the rebate at the the top of the radiator, one does but the other doesn't and i had a terrible thought that if i were to go too quick it could move back onto the fan. What do i need to do?
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Post Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:46 pm

Both rubber blocks should fit into the recess on top off the rad.
There's a little bit of adjustment possible if you slacken off the two ten mm self tappers, or is one missing?
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Post Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:49 pm

Yeah they are both there, i thought the radiator seems to drop off to the left and thought maybe there should be some retaining bolts at the bottom, will try and adjust.
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Post Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:14 am

There should be two triangular plastic brackets at the bottom of the rad which clip in to the body metalwork at each side. Different size ones are used to accomodate different size rads in different models.
The bottom of the rad should have two round rubber blocks that fit onto + shaped plastic protrusions on the rad bottom. The rubber blocks should fit into shallow cups in the above triangular brackets.
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Post Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:50 pm

thanks again Brian, mine are not connected at bottom for sure, I'll have a look tomorrow.
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