hi,
any advice on how these fit together, all purchased from tiger although i reckon I need to buy additional things to fit them together. do i need
plastic extensions or something to make the four joints fit onto the edges of the rad? cheers.
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The clips look like they're supposed to clip into the fan for extra mounting points...
The T shape fits into the four T slots on the Fan, then I made some spacers up from some scrap metal I had, taking the hole and bolting it to my made up spacers, and finding a suitable lading point on the body (in my case the same as the radiator)
yeah sorry they do. when you place the fan over the rad with the four joints sit over the mesh
putting a bolt through the mesh seems a bit strange. is that okay what what bolt would you reccommend? cheers
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Nope not a bolt through the mesh, I made a spacer up bolted the fan to the spacer (about 15cm long with a hole in each end), then the other end of the
spacer to the body.
Alternativley you can get a cable tie type mount and mount through the radiator mesh (try an ebay search)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OIL-COOLER-ELECTRIC-FAN-MOUNTS-WESTFIELD-CATERHAM-7-DAX_W0QQitemZ150167319085QQihZ005QQcategoryZ100921QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQc
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try these
Although people go for the cable tie jobbies I wouldn't. They do have the cable-tie serations and it is possible that they can cut through the
radiator core...
Many people use them without problems but people have reported leaks at the site of the cable ties...
I'd go for the strips of metal bolted through the fan brackets and attached to something suitable on the car...
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Originally posted by BenB
I'd go for the strips of metal bolted through the fan brackets and attached to something suitable on the car...
if cable ties and bolts trhough radiators were such a brilliant idea, you would see all car manufacturers using this method as it is cheap.
If it was me, I would make a bracket, in fact I did for the LR.
think i got it, like below, forgive the paper but this represents some blank of metal that the bolts can go through.
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Yep thats the idea, and probably best to leave a small clearance between rad and fan to prevent any contact problems - it won't make any
noticeable difference to the cooling system, although obviously keep the bracketry as minimalist as possible.
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ok will do, not sure where the paper in the picture would fix to though to be honest?
I think you would if you turned your paper template the other way (90 degrees to the way it is now) and therefore the same position as
razman's
Steve
thats what I thought, is it okay to do that? ie...
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Looks good to me. Try and keep them as short as possible, or maybe make them from angle to give them extra rigidity if needed. The fan itself will stiffen things up a bit when bolted in anyway.
as for the tiger rad i would no get as they tend to leak as i was told. i have a polo rad with a robinhood fan all cost to fit was £35. and it works
fine and the rad is smaller .it can go with a pinto or a zetec.
mine is a 2.0 pinto....
Hi There.
Definatly ditch the rad for a polo 1 !!!
The tiger supplied Fan fits better to a Polo rad as it has some plastic lugs you can tap to m6 ant then tap the fan holes to m10, This enables 4
small flat bracket to be used alowing the fan to sit flush on the rad,
These can be made from 1mm sheet.
or pop round and have a look at mine
A
thanks azzacat, i might call you on that!
reckon i might leave it for now as it will be a why before it becomes an issue.
started a new thread with pics of my progress for any interested (same category)
I've put Some pics in the Archive
where did you get the extensions from? they look good.
Cut them from 3mm Plate with a hack saw then filed to shape.