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    Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    I'm giving my cooling system a bit of a refresh soon and I'm thinking about moving the header tank to the Cup position.

    Question.....

    Can I use the standard heater matrix/turbo/water pump hoses and just re-route them? (perhaps with a bit of choppy choppy!) Or do I need to buy some new staright coolant hose and joiners?

    Do I move the header tank bracket to the scuttle area aswell or just the tank itself?

    Thanks in advance!

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    You can use the original pipes mate just chop and re route mate can always use some alloy pipe if you want from the water pump over to the scuttle..

    My header tank i just used the strap bolted to the scuttle

    Easy job really and looks alot better

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    I moved mine to the other side of the bay without anything other than a stanley knife, screwdriver, few extra jubilee clips and one hose joiner IIRC.

    Not sure about moving to behind the scuttle as regards hoses but I don't think you need a bracket for that either.

    PM Brigsy, he did it on his Van IIRC.

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    https://www.rtoc.org/boards/attachmen...9&d=1298401410


    Can just about make out on there on mine

    But from water pump to scuttle you could use straight pipes over

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    Marvellous, thanks chaps. Right where's that drill.......

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    Alex, I just noticed. In the thread title and the first line of your first post you mentioned the other side of the engine bay, then lower down in that same post you mention the scuttle. Which location are you going for?

    I'd say the easier one in on the other side of the bay.

    Here is a pic of one of my old GTT's. I turned the associated heater matrix hoses over so it ran the other side of the bay (and with a bit of tie-wrapping, it just fits, if not the best shape), chopped the small top hose down to the right size to fit straight on the swirl pot and then butchered the other hose to the water pump and joined it up (you can see the two jubilee clips in the pic). No bracket required, the header tank just sat there due to the position of the hoses.




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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    Drivers side scuttle area Trev.

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position








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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    Good pictures them to go off. Same way i did mine

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    I would ditch the swirlpot in the process of moving the headertank. It makes no difference to the performance of the cooling system.

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position




    All done

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    what make is your strut brace looks nice?

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    Devil

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    Re: Moving the header tank to the scuttle area on the drivers side ala Cup position

    Top tip for cutting your hoses straight , put a jubilee clip on it then cut around the edge
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