Cooling System

[Guest Paul S Usowicz]

In my engine bay I have the following items that need plumbing together - radiator, carb and water pump. No heater as no windscreen. Does anyone have a picture/diagram of how these connect? Do I use the little outlet on the water pump to feed the carb? Which side of the carb? Where does it feed back in? Sorry for all of the questions. I should have made more notes when stripping the donor!

 

Cheers

Paul S Usowicz

 

P.S. Car is a Sub-K (1.8 carb, Robin Hood rad).

[Big Jim]

From the water take off (½" dia) at the bottom of the water pump, pipe it around the back of the engine (this would be where the heater would come into the system) and into the back of the carb, if it is water choke. if not then straight into the connector coming out of the bottom of the inlet manifold. If it does have a water choke, then you obviously run from the other side of the choke to the manifold connector.

You need to put a header tank / overflow tank into the cooling system, check out dave Andrew's web site for a diagram of how to do this, if you have any problems with it, then come back to us, (I have mine different)

[Guest Paul S Usowicz]

Ah yes, the header tank! I would have had fun filling my system with water without it.

 

Thanks Big Jim.

[Big Jim]

Oh, you'd have filled it OK, but 10 mins down the road, a couple of pints of best antifreeze & water would be sprayed out of your radiator overflow pipe.