On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> That bracket can make a good wear point.

I installed a later MY WBX transmission and shift linkage. Not sure if
you were referring to the air cooled style pivot above the fuel tank.

Pics

looking forward above fuel tank at linkage/heater hoses (old shift
linkage): http://tinyurl.com/3775v9y

close up heater hoses through hole mid frame: http://tinyurl.com/ydqfqcq

looking to rear  http://tinyurl.com/yebq3hf

Close up looking rear head in clamshell area http://tinyurl.com/3986hrp

Looking up front end of pipes, clamps off but still showing roughly
what gap was and roughly where pipes where:

http://tinyurl.com/34gjbph

view from driver side up in clamshell again: http://tinyurl.com/34dtuyf

The heater hoses are cable strapped to the pipes until ~ midship where
they go through the middle hole. The shift linkage doesn't rub, but
thanks for the heads up. That much I anticipated.   <grin>

As you point out, I now realize that the "kick" in the pipe has
effectively "pushed" the pipe on passenger side too far over above
tank. Good news is that with support clamps removed from the pipes,
the tank so to seat higher up. I assume I can reposition pipes
slightly toward driver side. I loosened and turned the "out" rad hose
at rad a little. The straight rad hose will just stay as is. I don't
forsee any added stress to the rad outlet/inlet pipes.

Neil.

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The pipes are on the correct (passenger) side of the vehicle but the one
> with the kick goes to the outside. The heater hoses should mostly follow
> underneath and away from the shift rod.
> That bracket can make a good wear point. �How about a pic of the hoses over
> the top of the tank and how are the heater hoses going through the frame
> member?
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> neil n
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:59 AM
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> Subject: Installed Long Coolant Pipes Wrong? (Pic)

> pic of pipes installed: �http://tinyurl.com/25y9px5
>
> Maybe I'm "seeing" things backwards, but are the pipes on the wrong side of
> the vehicle?

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