Easy way to remove the radiator?
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Easy way to remove the radiator?
Hi,
Is there an easy method of removing the radiator. The bolts just turn on the spot, and it's incredibly hard to get any grip on the square nuts /see them to grip them. It ism't helped by the fact there are these odd brackets:
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(ignore the dots, the pic went wonky with just spaces used ;))
in there, (with only one foot screwed onto the radiator).
It's only been about two weeks since it was at a garage with the radiator all out so you'd have thought it'd be easy to remove (espc. since they smothered the thing with grease and put new nuts on.
So am I missing some really easy way to remove it, or is it usually this much of a pain to do
Thanks.
Is there an easy method of removing the radiator. The bolts just turn on the spot, and it's incredibly hard to get any grip on the square nuts /see them to grip them. It ism't helped by the fact there are these odd brackets:
..._
_/ \_
(ignore the dots, the pic went wonky with just spaces used ;))
in there, (with only one foot screwed onto the radiator).
It's only been about two weeks since it was at a garage with the radiator all out so you'd have thought it'd be easy to remove (espc. since they smothered the thing with grease and put new nuts on.
So am I missing some really easy way to remove it, or is it usually this much of a pain to do
Thanks.
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Actually in our case there's 2 bolts at the top, one down the bottom stuck in at a 45 degree angle, and the other one only the nut there, no bolt Maybe we'll end up asking the garage, how did you put it back in...
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The nuts should be captive; if the bolts are just turning round then the nuts must have come loose somehow.
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one possibility is that the garage used the wrong thread bolts and the high torque damaged the nut cages.... (I've seen it done )
It is normally hard to get these wrong unless you use the wrong bolts.
It is normally hard to get these wrong unless you use the wrong bolts.
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Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Hmm well the one that we found loose at the bottom of radiator (which we think is the same as the nuts at top but it's v. hard to see clearly) are square thick black metal things.
I wouldnt have thought that the garage in Q. would have used the wrong bolts, as they usually seem quite knowledgable of morris cars in general, but it's always possible i guess
I wouldnt have thought that the garage in Q. would have used the wrong bolts, as they usually seem quite knowledgable of morris cars in general, but it's always possible i guess
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I've had a few cars that came with the wrong bolts in the rad - they have been left 2 threads in, when they started to bind. If someone put the existiong wrong bolts all the way in it would be a big problem, but yes it does look a bit like I was accusing the garage
[I just wish I could forget all the garage bodge jobs I've seen when buying bargain basement cars - as there are also some good garages out there. When it comes to cheap nasty cars, its not just DIY'ers who can get it wrong ]
[I just wish I could forget all the garage bodge jobs I've seen when buying bargain basement cars - as there are also some good garages out there. When it comes to cheap nasty cars, its not just DIY'ers who can get it wrong ]
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Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block
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It's obvious that your 'garage' have really messed this up for you. I think this is not the first 'bodge' they have landed you with ? The nuts are captive in the side of the radiator - and normal radiator removal is a dead simple 5 minute job. You will just have to fight the thing out as best you can - but why do you want it out anyway ?
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I rang them today, asked them how they managed to take it out. Because the person I spoke to hadn't done the radiator removal part of the job he said he'd ask the other mechanic and if possible get him to come round today (it obviously wasn't possible because he didn't but it might be tomorrow morning as I know they're quite a busy little garage).
He seemed surprised when I said about the nuts etc, as he was saying how they should be captive
He seemed surprised when I said about the nuts etc, as he was saying how they should be captive
New chrome trim to go onbut why do you want it out anyway ?
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