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jamesmundstock

05-27-2020 @ 3:22 PM

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I can't find a photo showing how the two lower tabs on the radiator mount to the yoke side brackets. I know there is a rubber insulator between the side bracket flange and the radiator tab but does it mount solid or does it have a longer screw with a spring, nut and washer like the center of the front yoke. I looked in a parts manual, om line, and in the restoration handbook from this club. Feedback and pictures are appreciated. Thanks in advance for the replies.

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05-28-2020 @ 4:42 AM

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C&G has a mounting kit which shows the bolt, spring and nut as well as the pad that fits between the radiator foot and the frame where it is mounted. On my '39, the bolt goes in from the bottom through the frame, then the pad, then the radiator foot, then the spring, then the washer, then the nut and cotter pin.
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https://cgfordparts.com/ufolder/cgcat.php?searchtype=Search&year_choice=48&searchtextdesc=radiator+mounting+kit&sd=Search&searchnumber=78-6038-k

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05-28-2020 @ 6:03 AM

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The rad mounts just as Ken described. In my case, the previous owner used Stover locking nuts in place of the correct castellated nut and cotter pin. The brown in the background is the "drip catcher" on the floor.

When I opened the attached picture, the spring looks like it is "coil bound" but it is not. Make sure there is space between the coils of the spring when you set the nut.

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05-28-2020 @ 9:52 AM

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To my old eyes it looks like the nut is tightened well past the cotter pin hole??
Paul in CT

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05-28-2020 @ 2:32 PM

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You are right Paul, but the lock nuts that the PO used are not very high, compared to other I have seen. As mentioned in my edit, the springs are not coil bound. The camera angle doesn't help either.

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I have another question. Why are there springs on the radiator lower mount? The radiator mounts solid to the side brackets that mount solid to the yoke and the yoke has a spring and screw to fasten it to the frame cross member. The yoke spring and screw makes sense to isolate it from the frame but the side brackets and radiator are all mounted solid so there should be no vibration to isolate it from. Thanks for your picture and reply but I am just trying to figure it out and understand.

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Flexing of the frame requires the radiator to be mounted with springs. No springs? Eventually, the radiator will crack.

Mike "Kube" Kubarth

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