How to Install Fan Shroud Bracket Cage Nuts

[GOLDMYN]

My 68 has the factory 22” radiator. I tracked down the proper metal shroud for it and my restoration mechanic installed it. Here is what mine looks like on the passenger side.

It looks like they used a plastic insert that they were able to then bolt the bracket too.

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SGVert

Hi, wondering where you purchased the brackets that are attached to the radiator, I have the shroud just can't find the brackets. thanks

 

[Gerald Morris]

Hi, wondering where you purchased the brackets that are attached to the radiator, I have the shroud just can't find the brackets. thanks

IDK about where folks who can afford a "restoration mechanic" get their parts, but it appears that the brackets on his shroud came attached to it. Even with my 1965 shroud, meant for the 2524984 3 row radiator, 22", the steel shroud bolts to its brackets, which are bolted into the side of the radiator via 1/4"-20 bolts with suitable "cage nuts" placed inside the soldered on frame about the core. The pics provided above by SGVert show SUPERB work, with what look to be plastic anchors inserted into the radiator frame in place of cage nuts.

I MADE A NEW SET OF BRACKETS OUT OF 2" X 2" X 1/16" THICK ANGLE ALUMINUM, which were needed for the US Radiator 4 row radiator I purchased this past spring, anticipating the very record heat we got. I carefully measured exactly where to bolt the aluminum onto the shroud, as the old heavy stamped steel brackets were, and consequently got a more airtight fit for my shroud. Gertrude NEVER got warmer than 200 Fahrenheit this summer, which is the exact temperature I set the pusher fan to kick in for cooling things down to just ~196 degrees.

I removed my 7 blade salad chopper two weeks ago, and will leave it off until late May. If you want to see the way I put the angle aluminum on to secure my shroud, I'll post a pic or 2.

 

[3175375]

IDK about where folks who can afford a "restoration mechanic" get their parts, but it appears that the brackets on his shroud came attached to it. Even with my 1965 shroud, meant for the 2524984 3 row radiator, 22", the steel shroud bolts to its brackets, which are bolted into the side of the radiator via 1/4"-20 bolts with suitable "cage nuts" placed inside the soldered on frame about the core. The pics provided above by SGVert show SUPERB work, with what look to be plastic anchors inserted into the radiator frame in place of cage nuts.

I MADE A NEW SET OF BRACKETS OUT OF 2" X 2" X 1/16" THICK ANGLE ALUMINUM, which were needed for the US Radiator 4 row radiator I purchased this past spring, anticipating the very record heat we got. I carefully measured exactly where to bolt the aluminum onto the shroud, as the old heavy stamped steel brackets were, and consequently got a more airtight fit for my shroud. Gertrude NEVER got warmer than 200 Fahrenheit this summer, which is the exact temperature I set the pusher fan to kick in for cooling things down to just ~196 degrees.

I removed my 7 blade salad chopper two weeks ago, and will leave it off until late May. If you want to see the way I put the angle aluminum on to secure my shroud, I'll post a pic or 2.

Pictures of your custom shroud brackets, please.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

@GOLDMYN

The brackets are hard to find as originals - they are C Body specific if I recall. However, their design isn't rocket science, so you can easily make a set up that will work with some sturdy sheet metal, a sawzall, a vice and a BFH then a driller for the holes. I made a set years ago because I was in the same boat - shroud, rad, no brackets. I since found a set of brackets, so those went in the scrap bin.

I think I made templates out of ducting metal, then transferred their shape over to the sturdier stuff.

It's completely do-able.

 

[GOLDMYN]

I appreciate the comments.