Wrong radiator!!!!!

[reverend]

My dear wife surprised me by buying me a good condition 3TJ radiator for my money pit. Its in far better condition than mine, only trouble is its only got 4 hose attachments and I need 5. Its missing the one on the bottom right hand side (rad cap side) that should connect to the hose that cools the oil. Is there any way I can bodge this to make it work?

[hunter]

make a T peace to fit the other hose and connect it to that.

[plodder]

Presumably it's a rad off the RR and not the SP.

I just made a T piece as hunter said when I did the 600 conversion (which has an oil cooler hose) and fed it into the main coolant return under the rad cap.

[reverend]

Cheers fellas!

To confirm...... I'll need a T piece to combine my floating outlet oil cooler hose with the main radiator inlet hose (from the thermostat)?

What did you use for the T piece - as the hose diammeter is so different?

[plodder]

Correct.

I used the piece off a FZR1000 that takes the bleed off from the water pump 'cos I had one. (Cut down to fit).

I didn;t go this way so can;t say fpor sure but I think you can use 22mm plumbing pipe on the main line and probably 10mm on the side leg, so a 22x10x22 tee and some short piping stubs (go to B&Q/Wickes, etc.).

[reverend]

Thank you - I was just scanning through some of the 600 conversion threads for info. Theres not much you boys don't know!

[plodder]

Although we all do things slightly differently. I must have been a but drunk for my last post looking at the spelling

[hunter]

wot speelin dint notiz