Bottom hose support bracket

This is a nice quick job and is pretty self explanatory. As it currently stands the lower hose is only supported by the two silicone bends at either end on the radiator and engine, GBS produce a simple bracket which fits under the steering column to provide some solid support to the hose and stop it swaying.

All that is needed is to drill a hole and rivnut a plastic cable tie cradle to the bracket. The bracket my need a bend up or down dependent on how the lower hose runs between the radiator and engine, mine needed some slight adjustment but nothing too significant.

The bracket is secured in place under the steering column (corresponding spacer put in at the other end to level the steering column) and held in place with the "U" bolts securing the steering column.

the lower pipe is then cable tied to the bracket - not done as yet as I will need to remove the steering column for when I vinyl wrap the side panels.

Hose Kit

The final piece of the plumbing jigsaw is the GBS hose kit which contains all the pipework, silicone hose necessary to plumb in the radiator to the water rail.

This is all very straightforward to put together just simply a case of taking your time and working out how it all goes together and what needs cutting where!

No particular sequence, however I fitted the top pipe from the water rail to the top radiator first, followed by the lower pipe from the engine to the bottom outlet on the radiator.

The Silicone hose will need cutting to size as will the pipework, nothing too challenging but best to do in small increments if unsure on spacing and fitment.

Overall very satisfying to see the cooling circuit installed, not checked for leaks yet, fluid intake will come later down the build!

Overflow header tank

Next piece of the cooling jigsaw was the fitment of an overflow tank which holds water from the radiator when warm and return the water when cool.

The tank is held in place by 4 rivnuts fixed to the engine mount plate, however due to the available space on the mounting plate, it is a case of achieving a best fit and I ended up doing some minor adjustments to the plate on the base of the tank to ensure it secured to the tank using three of the four available holes.

The tank is held in place with rivnuts and hex bolts.

next up fitting the overflow pipe which goes between the water rail and engine block in order to route the pipe from the thermostat to the tank. This is secured into position using the existing fixing from the water rail.

Finally its is a simple task of routing the overflow pipes from the thermostat to the tank and an outlet pipe from the tank away from the engine to exit any overflowed coolant onto the road, all of which secured in position with the obligatory jubilee clip