2020 A freshen up last job - New Radiator

At last the radiator arrived from the UK. Really nice looking and hopefully will make a big difference to the overheating problem.

CoolExperts item number 163163207986: Ford Escort MK 2 , Cortina , Kit Car 42MM Aluminium Race Radiator. 38mm in/outlet, fan on welded brackets + 22mm boss and temperature switch.

Outlets are positioned top left bottom right.

Old radiator, not sure it actually cooled at all!

Very under dimensioned and basically poor quality.

I was a little worried that I would have to make up new brackets or at least need to modify the original but as it happened the brackets and bolt holes lined up perfectly. 

Not much to see here but I bolted the radiator in place to make sure the nose cone fitted over it okay and the filler cap was reachable.

The hose is only temporary or at least Until I can find a better replacement.

Parked the car outside and left it running for a while to check that the temperature switch worked and in turn turned on the fan. It did, earlier than the old one which is good. Far less noise than the old one too. I'll go out and do a nice long drive in the next few days to check for leaks etc. but I'm pretty confident.

Well it's been a week or so since I installed the new radiator and it's working really well. It didn't come with a new cap so had to buy a new one but with the more efficient radiator, larger fan and new cap the problem is well and truly solved!

A few photos while the weather was good!