Latest round of works completed
Roversport by cableguy radiator installation
Water pump replacement
Matrix to heater valve hose swap out
Didnt get many images this time, as it slows your down and no one really cares *laughs*
T series, water pump and rad replacement, so most of us should know the steps needed to get to where the pictures start.
This needed to be a full front end strip down, in my experience this is in the long run easiest and the most effective way of changing the rad and pump, especially when you end up encountering issues.
Everybody will have their own process this is mine, coupled with the fact the RS spec rad is DOUBLE the thickness of the oe fitment
The chaos begins
Rs Rad supported by "ram foam!
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: Private joke peeps
Fan frame, bolts snapping left right and center from this ! *laughs* jesus
Existing rad frame to be reused/modded
Old rad, which actually was in pretty good nick, and didnt leak, so hopefully move this on to keep another t series on the road
And fast forward to now, where we start to see what will be needed to allow Rs rad to sit further forward, excuse the MS paint type skillz
Water pump now nice and accessible
Every bolt nice and easy, back top, negative , snapped instantly
Removed the cover to attempt to free the pump from the housing in the hope that there would be enough stud left to work with, just aswell i was changing this and my bodge days are over * ( claimed) check the nick of this bad boy!
Which left a fair bit of studd/bolt to work with heat and plusgas
Some time passed then boom! Great success
Socket cap stainless FTW, pump replaced
Then turned my attention to the RS radiator
The top brace that provides the secondary position for supporting the oe inter cooler and secures the rad into place needed to be modified slightly, i just rudely drilled a couple of holes, ghetto style yes, but worked fine, the same was needed on the lower fixing point of the rad frame too
Now fits
Rad then installed and time to check clearances and any other points that needed adjusting/trimming
Water pump to rad clearance, yes it is close but have verified against other RS installs, all A ok
General shots
fan Frame needed some attention, blue paint was an undercoat solution until i was able to get some better color match, see later images
And now not fouling
Thats better
Fans back in place , Pas cooler also back in as is bonnet catch assembly
Filled up with water for initial water test. all was ok, so proceeded to drain and filled with coolant.
Ran to temp and fans kicked in stage 1, heaters hot
Then just a case of re assemble
Some shamless plugs
Got some new RT stickers for the up coming summer event i have on the cards, thanks to Null_Byte for these as ever super fast dispatch
Front drivers side is a tad low, and lower than pass side. so need some further fine tuning, please excuse the open window fail and lack of tyre dressing
