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<blockquote data-quote="Tob" data-source="post: 16203529" data-attributes="member: 83412"><p>Just an update. The weather finally broke around here (we actually hit 60*!) so I finally exited my home and got a few things done that are related to the cooling system upgrade I'm doing.</p><p></p><p>I purchased a replacement Ford Contour twin fan assembly, made brackets for it to mount it to the body instead of the radiator, and fit up an upper radiator AN hose assembly. In the overall picture progress is very small but that's the way I'm attacking this car, slow but (somewhat) steady. Some shots to illustrate...</p><p></p><p>My favorite new tool - a rivnut gun. Much quicker than welding nuts in place, etc.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574983[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I finally fit together an upper hose assembly using Earl's AN fittings and some braided hose from Summit Racing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574984[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I set the radiator in place on some new rubber insulators from LRS on the bottom and used a LRS prebent anodized and bent aluminum sheet hold down up top. Hose fit perfectly. Nice and low such that the radiator cap is the high point in the system - the way it should be and perfect for purging any air that shouldn't be in there.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574985[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574986[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Contour twin fan assembly is attached to some aluminum brackets I fabbed up that allow it to attach to the body on each end. The fans are heavier than you'd think and I wanted to keep the weight off of the radiator.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574987[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574988[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyway, the goal of clean simplicity marches forward. When I see a stockish Fox car I cringe at all the garbage that clutters up what could and should be a good looking, tidy, engine bay. <em>Long</em> way to go as baby steps and a turtle's pace at least give me time to think things through instead of racing to completion, however hasty. More in ten years or so.</p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574989[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tob, post: 16203529, member: 83412"] Just an update. The weather finally broke around here (we actually hit 60*!) so I finally exited my home and got a few things done that are related to the cooling system upgrade I'm doing. I purchased a replacement Ford Contour twin fan assembly, made brackets for it to mount it to the body instead of the radiator, and fit up an upper radiator AN hose assembly. In the overall picture progress is very small but that's the way I'm attacking this car, slow but (somewhat) steady. Some shots to illustrate... My favorite new tool - a rivnut gun. Much quicker than welding nuts in place, etc. [ATTACH=full]1574983[/ATTACH] I finally fit together an upper hose assembly using Earl's AN fittings and some braided hose from Summit Racing. [ATTACH=full]1574984[/ATTACH] I set the radiator in place on some new rubber insulators from LRS on the bottom and used a LRS prebent anodized and bent aluminum sheet hold down up top. Hose fit perfectly. Nice and low such that the radiator cap is the high point in the system - the way it should be and perfect for purging any air that shouldn't be in there. [ATTACH=full]1574985[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1574986[/ATTACH] The Contour twin fan assembly is attached to some aluminum brackets I fabbed up that allow it to attach to the body on each end. The fans are heavier than you'd think and I wanted to keep the weight off of the radiator. [ATTACH=full]1574987[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1574988[/ATTACH] Anyway, the goal of clean simplicity marches forward. When I see a stockish Fox car I cringe at all the garbage that clutters up what could and should be a good looking, tidy, engine bay. [i]Long[/i] way to go as baby steps and a turtle's pace at least give me time to think things through instead of racing to completion, however hasty. More in ten years or so. :) [ATTACH=full]1574989[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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