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Morley
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29th Mar 05 at 02:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
something has got to go or be "edited".

I finally fitted strut brace only to find it means that the fookin' header tank lid won't unscrew off?!?! where's the common sense in the design of that how am i supposed to check my water without taking the engine bay to bits?...

could somebody point me in the direction of a diff3erent shaped header tank that fits? or is it a case of just having to put up with it??
ed
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29th Mar 05 at 03:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Baily ones are different shaped to the GM ones, otherwise re-locate it a bit lower - you can drill some holes a few mm lower on the bracket on the tank so you can get to the lid, or just attatch it to something different.

[Edited on 29-03-2005 by 1800ed]
jamesvalver
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29th Mar 05 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i got the same problem on mine. its bein a cunt
myke
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29th Mar 05 at 15:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bash the bulkhead backwards with something heavy and hard.
unscrew the scutlle panel fixing behind it first.
Morley
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29th Mar 05 at 16:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
litterally bashing the bulkhead back :lmao: fair enough, think ill resort to that after everything else fails LOL

the bailey header tank... how much are they and where from please. i want everything to look mint so drilling more holes, bashing the bulkhead or any other bodge jobs I want to try my hardset to avoid :S
Morley
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29th Mar 05 at 16:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers by the way lads
adelcorsa
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29th Mar 05 at 16:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just looked on ebay for a gsi strutt brace it shows a different 1



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10404&item=4539455002&rd=1
Morley
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my strut brace is completely straight, it doesnt kink at all. its OMP though, pretty much the same as that one just ine doesnt have that little kink in it.
jamesvalver
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mines the same as the 1 above n still hits the eadertank lid. im thinkin of gettin a section cut outta the brace n then havin a bit welded in so it clears the bottle.
myke
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i'd send that back personally. it's clearly not dsigned for that application.
Morley
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29th Mar 05 at 21:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
th ething is, it is designed for it, i mean, i'd rather have a straight one rather than a strut brace that looks like a letter L!

im going to reposition the header tank or even fit a nova header tank. can't decide which way would be best :s I have a nova engine after all, may aswell make it look like a nova engine bay
jamesvalver
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lol. thats a gd point. got a header tank in me garage from me old nova. c if it'll fit lol

 
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