SJ radiator reroute

Hi all,

I am planning to move the rad on my sj413 to the back of the vehicle, to
stop it getting clogged with mud, and so that I can remove the fan from the
engine compartment. What I was wondering is, does anyone have any ideas on
routing the cooling hoses to the back of the vehicle? ie. what piping to
use, and what the best route is to take through the vehicle?

I was thinking of geeting some steel tubing and welding up pipes to route
through the gearbox tunnel, and then out into the back just behind the
handbrake. I then had the idea of using plastic piping...can this be done?

Has anyone done this? If so, I would really appreciate any ideas on the
route you took, and the materials you used.

Thanks
Robert

Guys I knew who raced beach cars used to use alloy scaffold poles to reach
down the length of the car and then rubber hose to join up the bits of
scaffold.
You can then run the pipes underneath the car by bolting them to any
suitable mounting points.

Is that any help?

Gaz


"Robert" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I am planning to move the rad on my sj413 to the back of the vehicle, to
> stop it getting clogged with mud, and so that I can remove the fan from
the
> engine compartment. What I was wondering is, does anyone have any ideas on
> routing the cooling hoses to the back of the vehicle? ie. what piping to
> use, and what the best route is to take through the vehicle?
>
> I was thinking of geeting some steel tubing and welding up pipes to route
> through the gearbox tunnel, and then out into the back just behind the
> handbrake. I then had the idea of using plastic piping...can this be done?
>
> Has anyone done this? If so, I would really appreciate any ideas on the
> route you took, and the materials you used.
>
> Thanks
> Robert
>
>

Cheers for that Gaz,

Scaffold poles sound like an excellent idea..why did'nt I think of that.

Cheers
Robert

"Gaz Pike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Guys I knew who raced beach cars used to use alloy scaffold poles to reach
> down the length of the car and then rubber hose to join up the bits of
> scaffold.
> You can then run the pipes underneath the car by bolting them to any
> suitable mounting points.
>
> Is that any help?
>
> Gaz
>
>
> "Robert" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am planning to move the rad on my sj413 to the back of the vehicle, to
> > stop it getting clogged with mud, and so that I can remove the fan from
> the
> > engine compartment. What I was wondering is, does anyone have any ideas
on
> > routing the cooling hoses to the back of the vehicle? ie. what piping to
> > use, and what the best route is to take through the vehicle?
> >
> > I was thinking of geeting some steel tubing and welding up pipes to
route
> > through the gearbox tunnel, and then out into the back just behind the
> > handbrake. I then had the idea of using plastic piping...can this be
done?
> >
> > Has anyone done this? If so, I would really appreciate any ideas on the
> > route you took, and the materials you used.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Robert
> >
> >
>
>