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Can anyone tell me if the upper radiator mount on a watercooled T25 is a) has an official part number (I can't find it on Vagcat) and b) if they are welded on at the factory or can be easily taken off.
Looking at my Air Cooled, I can see the slots where the mount would go but cannot find any information about them what so ever. Before I go the effort of fabricating some mounts, I just want to confirm that I can't just take it off another van and pop it in.
Hi J,
I've done this conversion, the upper rad mount is spot welded in place so can be removed from a donor vehicle by drilling out the spot welds and either bolting or welding into your van. I would give Metalmickey a pm, I'd be surprised if he can't help.
1982 was 2ltr a/c then 1.9d 5spd, now 1.9tdi with passat box. Reimo pop top.
Kermit'skeeper wrote:Hi J,
I've done this conversion, the upper rad mount is spot welded in place so can be removed from a donor vehicle by drilling out the spot welds and either bolting or welding into your van. I would give Metalmickey a pm, I'd be surprised if he can't help.
Shouldn't be too hard to fit then but yeah, if I do run into any probs i'll give MetalMickey a pm!
All fitted thanks to Pete @ East Midlands T25 for supplying me the top radiator bracket.
Now attempting to fit the full length water pipes but finding it impossible to fit them over the original Aircooled fuel tank. Is it now a matter of changing the tank? I thought about use rubber hoses as they would be more flexible but have found out that VW never made rubber hoses and not many autospare shops carry lengths longer than one metre.
Please note it's a LHD!
Help?!
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but yeah, if I do run into any probs i'll give MetalMickey a pm! 