Fitting the radiator
 

I,m having too many senior moments today. I am trying to fit a Clio radiator but it only appears to have lugs on it. Does anyone know how to fit it.

Peter

Hello Peter,

It should have 2 horizontal lugs on the bottom which sit in slotted brackets fitted to the bottom rail and 2 vertical lugs on the top which take a rubber each which sit into brackets you make for the top rail. If you didn't get the rubbers a scrappy should be able to give you them. You could fit it the other way round as doesn't really matter.

Andrew

Cheers Andrew,

I haven't got the rubbers, so it'll be trip out when the weather improves.

Peter

Hi Peter

I've fitted mine the other way up, with the vertical lugs on the bottom fitting into holes in a couple of pieces of 25x3 bar that will be welded to the bottom of the front frame. I had a couple of rubbers that came off some old shocks and have them between the steel and the bottom of the rad to provide some cushioning.

At the top I have the same 25x3 twisted through 90deg so it can be simply bolted to the top of the front frame.

The decision on which way up was purely on what I thought was going to give more clearance when it came to fitting the pipes, but I haven't got that far so don't know how well it will work.

One thing I'd recommend is not to fix the mountings until you have the nosecone in place - it's a bit tight and took me a lot of fiddling to get a good position.

Matt

The fittings look a bit flimsy. Is this normal and do the hoses give extra support ?

Cheers

Peter

I thought the plastic lugs on mine were a bit flimsy at first but they have held up fine after 3k. The hoses won't really give it any more support..