SydneyRoverP6B said:Hi Raf,
To stop the elbows from moving, you'll need to make some suitable brackets as there is nothing ready made for this application. Alternatively, you could use roll pins to locate each elbow with their respective adapter.
You will also need to change the needles now, as sure enough your engine will run much leaner now with those filters fitted.
To install the grommet, you could cut it, fit it in and then seal with silastic. The alternative is to wait till the engine is out and you have enough room to remove the accelarator rod, so you can fit the grommet.
Ron.
mikecoombs said:The top of the drivers side one has a boss which takes the clip for the auto fluid filler, that will hold that side and a bent strip from the same place on the passenger side to the original peg on the back of the manifold will steady the other side. You will probably find the carbs will howl when you get the revs up a bit the big box was to stop that noise...
colnerov said:Hi, if the oils blackish then i could be engine oil from around the oil pump gasket or even the
oil filter itself, I have had them leaking from the crimping round the top of the filter even new
ones. If the oil is reddish then it could be from one of the transmission oil cooler pipes on the
bottom of the rad.
Colin
rafrover said:Besides I can't be sure if I had attached the right
hose to the right one on the radiator. THere is a longer hose which I assumed to the the bottom pipe and the shorter hose
was attached to the top.
colnerov said:Hi, the cooler in the rad is just a loop of pipe the goes up the down inside the tank so there
is no right or wrong way. The fact the drippings are thick blackish red probably means the red
oil is mixing with and washing off the underseal.
Thanks Colin. What is underseal? What can I do to fix it?
By the way, can I confirm that it is coolant or water that goes through that oil cooler pipes to the radiator or is it
transmission oil?
I'll try to take photos of it tonight and will upload.
Colin
colnerov said:Hi, the usual place those hoses leak is where the brass fitting goes into the hose, so a small jubilee
or 'O' clip on the hose to increase the grip on the fitting should fix it.
Underseal is the thick black bituminous coating that is sprayed all over the underside of the car, if it
get oil on it it softens and with prolonged exposure can get washed off.
Colin