Benzine
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| posted on 4/1/05 at 10:15 AM |
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Pinto Cooling System
After trawling the forum for answers i found so many different setups for plumbing i got a tad vexed. Here is a picture of my water pump, thermostat,
radiator and coolant tank. How do these connect together. What confused me most is some diagrams showing coolant going to the carbs :S. Also some
showed heater units which i won't be using. Can anyone explain what connects to what?
p.s. my thermostat has one connector only, i've seen 2 on a lot of diagrams
Thanks for any help
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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Peteff
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| posted on 4/1/05 at 10:41 AM |
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A goes to your radiator top hose D, B to the manifold with a T to your header tank C goes to your radiator bottom hose E, and the F is something I
haven't got so blank it off. It looks like you'll have to make your own pipes. I used a Capri bottom hose and joined some straight pipe to
it with 28mm copper plumbing fittings. Top hose was most of a Sierra bottom hose.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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timf
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| posted on 4/1/05 at 11:11 AM |
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i think you might have mounted your rad 90 degrees out or even upside down
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mookaloid
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| posted on 4/1/05 at 11:12 AM |
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I think you have your radiator upside down.
That way F goes to G, E goes to A, C goes to D, and B goes to H,
This is how I did mine and it works well.
With the radiator upside down you would get a massive airlock as there is no way of bleeding the air out (the highest the water would get would be at
D, whereas the other way up F would allow the air out into the expansion bottle.
Also the thermostat would not get to see the hot water!
Hope this helps
Cheers
Mark
 
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Benzine
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| posted on 4/1/05 at 11:13 AM |
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EDIT @ Peteff: When you say manifold so you mean the threaded hole inbetween the 2 carbs?
@ Tim, yes now you mention it i think it is 180 degrees out 
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The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 4/1/05 at 11:14 AM |
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Also I blanked off the manifold outlet
Cheers
Mark
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Benzine
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| posted on 4/1/05 at 11:20 AM |
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Right Makes sense now! Can i buy new hoses like the silicone ones in burton power or do i have to make my own using donor pipes and putting my own
bends in?
EDIT: Just fitted rad the right way round Donor hoses to D and E fit fine to the engine so its just the smaller hoses i need now
[Edited on 4/1/05 by Benzine]
[Edited on 4/1/05 by Benzine]
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 4/1/05 at 11:38 AM |
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You can buy what ever you want!
I made mine up using 90 degree bends and aluminium hoses from car builder solutions.
The thinner hoses were obtained locally/from donor
Cheers
Mark
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