Reply With QuoteIm guessing this is the cause as in his pics in the build thread you can not see that the chassis has been modified to suit the normal Gm fitmentOriginally Posted by goingbush
ForumSage
I bought an Alloy Series 3 radiator from eBay for my Lightweight . Fitting wise is identical to the blocked series 3 Radiator I took out . Its a quality item.
No longer need it as I'm converting to Electric
On both series 2 & 3 the radiator sits behind and below the crossmember, not on top of it .
On the Holden conversions a L piece usually gets cut from the crossmember , inverted and welded back to allow original radiator - theres your problem
Swaggie
Im guessing this is the cause as in his pics in the build thread you can not see that the chassis has been modified to suit the normal Gm fitment
Master
Hmmmm,
I think we have found the problem......
Bugger!
Im guessing this is the cause as in his pics in the build thread you can not see that the chassis has been modified to suit the normal Gm fitment
ChatterBox
So it looks like ur front crossmember hasnt been cut up to fit the radiator. Thats good in a lot of ways. Wish mine hadnt been cut.
Cheers Rod
Master
Why Rod??
Swaggie
It is mainly for the majority of rivet counters that want their cars standard
But in saying that alot of conversions were home jobs and the welding was not pretty
Master
Ahhh, gotcha Chris!!
I will just have to make sure that the workmanship won't be an issue!
Cheers,
Tricky
It is mainly for the majority of rivet counters that want their cars standard
But in saying that alot of conversions were home jobs and the welding was not pretty
ChatterBox
As rangieman has said bad welding. Unable to use a crank handle etc. Motor is always too high and the crank doesnt line up with the hole in the front xmember anyway. It just looks dodgy IMHO.
Cheers Rod
RoverLord
All Series radiators (except Stage 1) are behind the front crossmember, accounting for the problem with height. The six cylinder conversion on Camel has pushed the radiator further forward. The radiator mount allows a space of about 120mm between the grille and the radiator core, a little more than the thickness of the radiator.
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
Lord Jock
Easy enough to repair the cross member back to standard Rod, it will just mean a different choice of radiator.
With a bit of "jigging and tweeking" of the bolt on engine mounts you can drop the Holden six down to line up with the portal in the front cross member too.
Cheers, Mick.
1974 S3 88 Holden 186.
1971 S2A 88
1971 S2A 109 6 cyl. tray back.
1964 S2A 88 "Starfire Four" engine!
1972 S3 88 x 2
1959 S2 88 ARN 111-014
1959 S2 88 ARN 111-556
1988 Perentie 110 FFR ARN 48-728 steering now KLR PAS!
REMLR 88
1969 BSA Bantam B175
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