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mgtaylor · 3 October 2009, 05:03 PM

Dear Dougie

I am with you there. You bring up some good points. But looking at the Diagram I can see how it will work as a crude raditor system. Rememeber this was 1916. And Mercedes was building water cooled car engines. SO this Raditor system yes appears a bit "jerry-Rigged'. But it looks like it works as discribed. NOT to mention now we know waht that dammed instrument face IS above the four Fuel Tank Switches on the right hand side of the cockpit. It's the Darn Water Temp Gauge. Most likely an important gage to keep in sight less you over heat and sieze the engine ! There's no pulling off the side of the road when that happens at 5000 feet !

Umflau your right. You Very Wisely did the correct thing and added the cross member upper pipe-ing that conects the two side raditors for the header pipe to attach to at the rear of the engine.

Only the Kit it self provides no such connection nor cross pipe so I was wondering exactly where the 'locator-pin' connection was with the ROden Header part. But It is a mute point since I see that it is fine if it hangs off in limbo as that connection will really not be seen thru the upper cowl & guns etc. cluttering up the upper deck.

I am very glad you showed me that photo again though becuase it critical has a detail there I missed before. And that is the upside down ' Y ' shaped Wire Brackets whcih secures the Header/Expansion Tank to the Valve Cover assmebiles.

I think that will be easy to scratch with a piece of Brass soft wire. The attahcment points on the header tank where those brackets attach are clearly molded into the expansion tank as weld seams.

Yours MIke

3 October 2009, 05:03 PM	#25 (permalink)
mgtaylor Forum Ace Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orlando FL Posts: 1,349	Dear Dougie I am with you there. You bring up some good points. But looking at the Diagram I can see how it will work as a crude raditor system. Rememeber this was 1916. And Mercedes was building water cooled car engines. SO this Raditor system yes appears a bit "jerry-Rigged'. But it looks like it works as discribed. NOT to mention now we know waht that dammed instrument face IS above the four Fuel Tank Switches on the right hand side of the cockpit. It's the Darn Water Temp Gauge. Most likely an important gage to keep in sight less you over heat and sieze the engine ! There's no pulling off the side of the road when that happens at 5000 feet ! Umflau your right. You Very Wisely did the correct thing and added the cross member upper pipe-ing that conects the two side raditors for the header pipe to attach to at the rear of the engine. Only the Kit it self provides no such connection nor cross pipe so I was wondering exactly where the 'locator-pin' connection was with the ROden Header part. But It is a mute point since I see that it is fine if it hangs off in limbo as that connection will really not be seen thru the upper cowl & guns etc. cluttering up the upper deck. I am very glad you showed me that photo again though becuase it critical has a detail there I missed before. And that is the upside down ' Y ' shaped Wire Brackets whcih secures the Header/Expansion Tank to the Valve Cover assmebiles. I think that will be easy to scratch with a piece of Brass soft wire. The attahcment points on the header tank where those brackets attach are clearly molded into the expansion tank as weld seams. Yours MIke __________________ "Art is never finished, only abandoned." Leonardo Da Vinci Last edited by mgtaylor; 3 October 2009 at 05:23 PM.