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Post by charlypm on Jan 2, 2014 5:13:19 GMT
My car is missing the weather shield behind the grill that protects the engine from getting wet, does anyone have a picture of the shield or dimensions for it?
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 3, 2014 18:33:58 GMT
 Unashamedly nicked from a recent eBay auction listing. Never seen one myself, so can't help with dimensions. My own car simply has a piece of corrugated plastic between the grille and the distributor. Chris. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 3, 2014 18:50:07 GMT
My own car simply has a piece of corrugated plastic between the grille and the distributor.  Like that. Chris. |
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Post by tommydp on Jan 3, 2014 21:13:08 GMT
I've also made a similiar arrangement as on Chris' car. I cut out the bottom of a plastic box and strapped it to the inside of the grille, right in front of the distributor.
The main idea is to keep the distributor dry, I guess. But it would be cool to have the original Unipart shield. I've never seen it on any car here. Seems the original rubber protector for the 25 d distributor cap and coil were popular though..
Tommy
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Post by threelitre on Jan 4, 2014 0:14:32 GMT
I think my father´s S has one of the original things - at least it is there as long as I can remember...
Alexander
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Post by dave1800 on Jan 4, 2014 2:47:07 GMT
I had one an original on my first Wolseley 18/85 but not on any of my other cars, Mk1 Austin, Mk11 and Mk111 Austin and Mk11 Morris and none of these suffered from problems with damp on the distributor cap, coil or plugs but I did keep the electrics in good condition. My Mk1 car did have the rubber/pvc flexible cover on the distributor cap and coil. David I've also made a similiar arrangement as on Chris' car. I cut out the bottom of a plastic box and strapped it to the inside of the grille, right in front of the distributor. The main idea is to keep the distributor dry, I guess. But it would be cool to have the original Unipart shield. I've never seen it on any car here. Seems the original rubber protector for the 25 d distributor cap and coil were popular though.. Tommy |
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 12, 2014 20:35:30 GMT
Whilst pulling the front end of the red one to pieces, I found this behind the grill:  It's about 15" wide x 12" high. Two screws into the top cross rail is all that retains it. Chris. |
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Post by indianajones on Jan 12, 2014 22:14:43 GMT
I have the same arrangement as Chris, with the corflute sheet.
Would the weather shield have any effect on the cooling?
-Andrew
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 12, 2014 23:46:36 GMT
Wouldn't have thought so - the fan blows out through the wing, so it's taking air through the grill and from under the car. The two together make for a very large hole.
Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on Jan 13, 2014 0:50:16 GMT
We used to completely cover the grille with aluminium foil to help the car warm up on cold days; I think it did make a bit of difference and if Indy's csr is overheating then it may just make it worse. As you say there is plenty of airflow from underneath although I imagine this isn't as effective as the ram effect from the grille. There is a low pressure area under the wing that helps suck the air through. My Wolseley, which had the shield, never had any overheating problems even in London traffic jams in the middle of summer. David Wouldn't have thought so - the fan blows out through the wing, so it's taking air through the grill and from under the car. The two together make for a very large hole. Chris. |
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Post by charlypm on Jan 13, 2014 1:32:46 GMT
Thanks for the info, is it aluminum or sheet steel?
If yu take it off, I wouldn't mind have another detail of it. Were they always black?
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Post by dave1800 on Jan 13, 2014 8:23:22 GMT
They were what appears to be a fibrous type of plastic which was quite rigid. The only ones I recall were a charcoal black. regards David Thanks for the info, is it aluminum or sheet steel? If yu take it off, I wouldn't mind have another detail of it. Were they always black? |
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