Thanks to help from Jerrytex, my engine is mounted and I have moved onto the cooling system. I have two aluminum tubes that are supposed to run to the radiator. The "left" tube from the spider tank on top of the 912 and the "right" one from the coolant pump at the rear of the engine. No pictures in the manual and I am not sure how they attach. I have a '97 kit. I mention this because I have searched this site and the web for pictures and have seen some model IVs that use different plumbing. Maybe they got to this point and ran into the same problem.
I have attached a couple of pictures. The one of the firewall shows the "left" tube in place. I assume I have this one correct although I may need to shorten the rubber hose at the top so is sits higher. It runs down the firewall and then along under the fuselage to the left side of the radiator. Note the water pump outlet in the upper left corner of the picture. Is it facing the wrong direction as the "right" tube is supposed to attach to it via a 4" piece of rubber tubing. Can it be rotated by removing the two bolts holding it on and then flipped over? If so, how does one assure a good seal. The other picture is of the "right" tube. Yikes, I can't see how it fits regardless of the position of the pump outlet.
Anyone got any pictures of a completed installation?
Wow, those pictures are just what I spent about an hour looking for this morning and couldn't find. Thanks Lowell!
So I guess the stickers got reversed on my tubes. Left is right and right is left. Something like that. How hard is it to "rotate" the water pump inlet?
Model IV Radiator Tubes
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