After holding on for a month by a thread and a couple of cable ties (a fix by the previous owner) Eddie's Air Scoop finally gave up on the A46 today at ***mph.
On closer inspection the two side panels that the Scoop attaches to were also shot.
To replace the side panels and Scoop would probably take a fair amount of time to do, so I took the decision to leave it until winter when Eddie will be SORN.
Then I came up with a temporary fix to make sure there is enough air flow over the rad to aid cooling. I took a piece of 110mm plastic guttering cut to the width of the rad, cut off 50mm lengthways which I then attached to the larger piece in a reverse orientation.
Then I attached this to the bottom of the rad using the holes that were already there.
While under the hood I also took the opportunity to reattach the bumper grill which was loose and being held on by 1 captive spring washer and not much else. Most of the plastic lugs where the washers push on to were still there, but as I didn't have any of these washers a bit of ingenuity was called for. Using 4mm nuts I carefully cut a thread on each of the lugs also using standard washers to pack them out.
All I need to do now is replace the missing guttering on the house before it rains!
On closer inspection the two side panels that the Scoop attaches to were also shot.
To replace the side panels and Scoop would probably take a fair amount of time to do, so I took the decision to leave it until winter when Eddie will be SORN.
Then I came up with a temporary fix to make sure there is enough air flow over the rad to aid cooling. I took a piece of 110mm plastic guttering cut to the width of the rad, cut off 50mm lengthways which I then attached to the larger piece in a reverse orientation.
Then I attached this to the bottom of the rad using the holes that were already there.
While under the hood I also took the opportunity to reattach the bumper grill which was loose and being held on by 1 captive spring washer and not much else. Most of the plastic lugs where the washers push on to were still there, but as I didn't have any of these washers a bit of ingenuity was called for. Using 4mm nuts I carefully cut a thread on each of the lugs also using standard washers to pack them out.
All I need to do now is replace the missing guttering on the house before it rains!
