Thread: Mounting Radiator in '34 Ford

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I did it like this on my '34:
Home made schoud with twin electric fans picked up at the wrecking yard:







As you see on the photos, I made the schroud so it rest on it's own feets, and when the grill later was added, I fastended the grille to the shroud, not the the radiator.
That way, very little stress from the weigth of the schroud and grille will be added to the radiator.
I also have put rubber strings between the grille and the schroud.

I looked at the set up the previous owner did on my radiator. He welded L brackets on the sides of the radiator and used those to attach removable side hoods! Also, no spring screws on the bottom. I'm hoping that the L brackets won't tie down the radiator too much. I Think that I'll put some rubber pads between the L and the connection on the side hood to try and absorb some of the tension.
Also,yesterday I noticed a large puddle of radiator fluid under the '34 after i had it warming up for a while. There was nothing there until I tapped the accelerator and drove it into the garage. I left the engine running and saw no fluid spraying... but there was a drop of fluid on the AC condenser in front of the radiator and on the front cross member on the expansion side of the Radiator. After it cooled down I checked the fluid levels and there was fluid to the top of the fill tube on the radiator and the expansion tank was empty... This evening I ran it shortly, warmed up the engine to around 160, took a short drive and saw no evidence of fluid loss or spray. I will run a pressure test tomorrow (have to borrow a kit). Any thoughts on what's going on? Is there just too much fluid? Hoses looked fine, etc.
Thanks!

[QUOTE=staleg;378362]I did it like this on my '34:
Home made schoud with twin electric fans picked up at the wrecking yard:

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GReat set up! Wish I had your skill!