there are two tabs at the top of the picture frame. I don’t recall having these on my S1 and my notes do not refer to them. There is no way to insert a bolt directly into the holes because the diagonal tube is in the way. But the holes have an internal tube in them so they look like they should have bolts.
Are these tabs present on an S1? or are the holes left empty?
You might be referring to the “L” shaped pieces that are the locating
places for the radiator straps. Once the bonnet frame is in place you
can’t get these radiator bolts in so you have to place these little angle
pieces along with their bolts, as you install the bonnet mounting frame.
Perhaps I’m thinking of something other than what you are.
As you commented, you have to insert the bolt through the bracket and the hole in the bonnet frame before you offer up the bonnet frame to the picture frame. Otherwise, the angle of the bonnet frame top tube prevents the bolt being inserted once the bonnet frame is attached to the picture frame. I can’t comment on whether a similar bracket is used on the Series 1, but the technique for getting the bolt into the hole should apply equally to the Series 1 as the Series 2.
You don’t have to remove the picture frame. You have to remove the bonnet frame. You may be able to do it by removing the top bolts and just loosening the bottom ones enough that the bonnet frame can tilt forward at the top enough to allow the tip of the bolts in question to clear the picture frame, and then be inserted into he requisite holes. A pain, I know. I forgot the radiator stay brackets when I did the job, so had to do the same thing…
as I see it the problem is the “head” of the bolt will not allow me to swing the shaft perpendicular to the bonnet/pic frame hole to line up and allow insertion of the bolt through what are now the combined thicknesses of the bonnet frame and the pic frame.
Can you resolve which of the two outer holes is correct for the radiator support bracket?
Correct. So, you have to separate the bonnet frame from the picture frame first by a distance of at least the length of the bolt. Then insert the bolt through the hole in the bonnet frame. You have to do this at an angle so that the head of the bolt clears the frame tube. The clearance of the bolt in the hole is sufficient to make this possible. Then, once the bolt is pushed all the way through, with the head against the flange on the bonnet frame, rotate the bolt to be perpendicular to the flange. Then offer up the bonnet frame to the picture frame. Of course, you have to do this for both bolts (one either side) at the same time. See me waving my hands…?
I’m not sure what you mean here. When I reassembled my car, I just used the same holes that were used before. Whether that is “correct”, I don’t know, but it fits fine.
The .html is a link pointing to a site where the picture is stored. Depending on what you want to do you could either:
open that .html in a browser, then paste the URL that it points to, into your post.
OR
Open it in a browser, right click on the picture and select “copy”, then paste that into your post here on JL.
OR
Depending on what browser you are using, and how the website the picture is on, you can sometimes drag a picture straight from one browser tab and drop it into the composer window here on JL.
OK. Now I see what you’re getting at. The first of my 2 photos (head on to the front of the rebuilt car) shows the radiator brackets on the lower bolts (both sides). The second photo (side view of one bracket and radiator brace) was of the car before it was disassembled, and shows the bracket on the upper bolt. I guess I lied…
I don’t recall what happened there (the politician in me speaking ). My guess is that during reassembly I failed to notice the top bolts needed to be fitted before offering up the bonnet frame. So, I had to remove it again, and add the bolts first, as I described in my earlier post. Then, I found I’d left off the brackets; probably after a lot more stuff had been fitted. So, I probably chickened out and put the brackets on the lower bolts to avoid a lot of work. I’ve just taken a look at the car, and it’s pretty clear the brackets should be on the top bolts. Using the lower bolts causes the radiator bracing arms to have to be splayed a little. No big deal, but pretty clearly wrong. Apologies for misleading you earlier…
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). My guess is that during reassembly I failed to notice the top bolts needed to be fitted before offering up the bonnet frame. So, I had to remove it again, and add the bolts first, as I described in my earlier post. Then, I found I’d left off the brackets; probably after a lot more stuff had been fitted. So, I probably chickened out and put the brackets on the lower bolts to avoid a lot of work. I’ve just taken a look at the car, and it’s pretty clear the brackets should be on the top bolts. Using the lower bolts causes the radiator bracing arms to have to be splayed a little. No big deal, but pretty clearly wrong. Apologies for misleading you earlier…