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advice for the radiator piping
jimbona2 - 11/8/07 at 05:00 PM

hi everyone,
has anyone got some photos of the cooliant piping for a zetec? I've got the pipes, rad and all that but cant quite see what pipe goes where!? Many thanks.


bigrich - 11/8/07 at 05:05 PM

shamelessly stolen from Chris's archive (mac1ZR)
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?action=showphoto&photo=P1010044.JPG

[Edited on 11/8/07 by bigrich]


jimbona2 - 11/8/07 at 05:08 PM

piping looks a little different.... bought all the bits today from tiger and i bought of them so that it would fit proper. i even have a diagram although the piping are not the right shape even though i went to tiger so that it would be a perfect fit... i dont think even bending the piping into shape is possible...!

[Edited on 11/8/07 by jimbona2]


edspurrier - 11/8/07 at 05:56 PM

From Toyne website

Diagram

Diagram on here shows wiring diagram. Do you have a long bendy pipe and a couple of shorter ones? They need fiddling. Somewhere on here is a thread where I asked the question and a nice pic of how to cut each pipe wasposted by somebody

[Edited on 11/8/07 by edspurrier]


jimbona2 - 11/8/07 at 06:27 PM

1 tube has a diameter of 4.5 cms and the other end is just over 3cms. This tube is quite short, about 30 cms in length. has a bend at both ends in different directions. laying down one end will be facing up whilst the other end will face sideways...

the other tube is slightly longer, narrower that makes an L shape..

then the thrid piping is fairly long with an s shape. in other words both ends are the same although they point in opposite directions.. (so this pipe whilst laying down has one end facing left and the other facing right)..


edspurrier - 11/8/07 at 10:09 PM

Piping

Here's the thread where someone told me the answer.

The pump- ali pipe tube I cut and fixed around a metal joiner to make both ends point in the right direction.

Top rail pipe I'll fit tomorrow. The cut section doesn't really bring the pipe across to the side of the car, so I plan to make a braket to move the front of the long ali pipe closer to the middle. Will post pics later


jimbona2 - 12/8/07 at 01:16 PM

great, i'll look forward to seeing your piping done! good luck with it


edspurrier - 12/8/07 at 05:30 PM

THanks. Pics in the archive. No guarantee it's right!

Enjoy


jimbona2 - 12/8/07 at 05:38 PM

looks good, i might try and give it a go next weekend. is there any cutting needed for the pipes?


edspurrier - 12/8/07 at 06:09 PM

Not the ali bits, but the rubber ones do - see other thread


jimbona2 - 16/8/07 at 09:42 AM

what are the little metal clips your using called? i guess these are not provided, thanks,


edspurrier - 16/8/07 at 07:35 PM

Jubilee clips


jimbona2 - 18/8/07 at 10:01 AM

just checking here before I go and cock up but on the pipe photo from the other thread (see below). Are the red lines over the tubes where I cut them? thanks

[Edited on 18/8/07 by jimbona2]


jimbona2 - 18/8/07 at 10:04 AM

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