Radiator to motor mount z-bars

Bretto · Post by **Bretto** » Mon May 23, 2011 9:42 am

Whats the purpose of them? Mine doesnt have them.
parts 7372803/4.
They seem simple enough to fabricate up. From what I gather, they are made from 7/16 rod with 2 bends and a hole on one end to receive a cotter pin at the engine mount side along with a washer.
With that, does anyone have a good picture?

-brett

RICKG · Post by **RICKG** » Mon May 23, 2011 9:57 am

THE RADIATOR SUPPORT RODS ALLOW FOR INSTALL AND REMOVAL OF THE POWERPLANT COMPLETE WITH RADIATOR.

Bretto · Post by **Bretto** » Mon May 23, 2011 10:32 am

Great Pics, thanks Rick. Ya I'll make me some up. Not that I will ever be pulling the whole plant but they will be there.

RICKG · Post by **RICKG** » Mon May 23, 2011 10:45 am

Be aware that they're not both the same length due to the
offset of the motor mounts, the 1 on the battery side being
the longer of the 2.

Bretto · Post by **Bretto** » Mon May 23, 2011 11:40 am

Yep, I'll custom make them to fit each side.

RimfireJim · Post by **RimfireJim** » Mon May 23, 2011 3:18 pm

I have mine out right now, I can make you up a sketch if you give me a day or two.

Bretto · Post by **Bretto** » Mon May 23, 2011 4:54 pm

RimfireJim wrote:I have mine out right now, I can make you up a sketch if you give me a day or two.

I wish I had less than that but on the contrary, I have many many days. That would be great, take your time. Thanks Jim.

-brett

RimfireJim · Post by **RimfireJim** » Tue May 24, 2011 2:16 pm

Ha, ha, I know exactly what you mean!

I'll get you some sketches. As you can see from Rick's photos, the bends are not both in the same plane, so I'll have to measure those angles as well as the lengths.
Jim

Bretto · Post by **Bretto** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:23 pm

I finally got around to making these, they obviously weren't a necessity to get the Jeep and running, just something else to spend my time on for this hobby.
Jim sent me some great CAD drawings, as PDF's, of these. I can't say they are exactly duplicated from his files, since I don't have the tools to bend .438 (7/16") rod. Rod was cut halfway thru, bent and welded.
I didn't take any pics of them installed, not much to see once they are in. Functional yes, will they ever be utilized, most likely never.
Brett

skyjeep50 · Post by **skyjeep50** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 2:39 pm

When you need them, you will really appreciate that you have them!