codfather79

codfather79

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Evening all, Shirley here, and once again I'm begging landyzone members for advice.
I'm trying to plumb in the cooling system, but my radiator looks nothing like the pictures in my Haynes manual or LRworkshop.

See photos:
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There doesn't appear to be a header tank , just an overflow pipe.
Is this a previous bodge?
Or is it a military item? I know the fan and belts are military.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Shirl
 
Looks right to me the 'header' is just the top of the radiator, the overflow would go to a bottle on the left side but in your case you don't have one
 
When the coolant expands it will go into the bottle, or lack of at the moment, when it cools down the coolant will get sucked back up the pipe into the rad.
Some of the earlier vehicles just dumped the coolant out and found their own level.
Maybe different types of rad caps were used?
 
codfather79 said:
Evening all, Shirley here, and once again I'm begging landyzone members for advice.
I'm trying to plumb in the cooling system, but my radiator looks nothing like the pictures in my Haynes manual or LRworkshop.

See photos:
View attachment 295791
View attachment 295792
View attachment 295793

There doesn't appear to be a header tank , just an overflow pipe.
Is this a previous bodge?
Or is it a military item? I know the fan and belts are military.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Shirl
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You have a bog standard open circuit radiator and overflow with its coolant expansion within to top of the rad, the remote expansion tank is now seen came with the close circuit cooling system thats now fitted in vehicles.

Bog standard… as fitted to a 1976 car I own, plus my 1987 3.5 RR and an old 1960 mini once had.
 
Anaconda said:
www.ebay.co.uk

Complete Land Rover Series 2a 3 radiator. Expansion bottle, bracket and mount | eBay

Complete Land Rover Series 2a 3 radiator. Expansion bottle, bracket and mount.
www.ebay.co.uk
This is what it looks like.
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If newish the brass header would polish up nicely with a replacement core, but as it stands its scrap material at £135.

The ”expansion bottle” is an add-on perhaps the vehicle kept overheating, or the owner didn‘t know how to fill the rad to correct level therefore when the rad overflows they liked to retain the fluid loss..
 
discool said:
If newish the brass header would polish up nicely with a replacement core, but as it stands its scrap material at £135.

The ”expansion bottle” is an add-on perhaps the vehicle kept overheating, or the owner didn‘t know how to fill the rad to correct level therefore when the rad overflows they liked to retain the fluid loss..
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No sorry its not. Far as I am aware that is how they were, exactly the same as the 2nd hand one I bought for the Series 2a. Not original for the 2a but suitable to use.
Our 60's Mustang just dumps the excess out on the floor and finds its own happy level.
 
kermit_rr said:
Mine is the 2A with large radiator header.. so long as you don't it completely full it's perfectly fine, no overflow
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Yes correct, how our 2a was until needing a replacement. We bought a Series 3 one 2nd hand as far cheaper and great condition, same as the Ebay link but not knackered.
 
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