The radiator flange work I did yesterday was educational but also a waste of time. The radiator was going to be too close the mechanical fan (not necessarily so they'd contact each other, but perhaps might in off-road conditions where the frame may flex). So I cut them off to start over today.
I kept a bit of the original flanges and then spent a little time welding them on more securely.
The next step was to get a new flange that the radiator mounting flanges can bolt to.
Here are the pair.
Some quick adjustment work to get them a little more flush and out of the headlight bucket area.
Here's a shot of the flange, but also the cruddy surface rust on the bottom of the grill. I've scrubbed the left side, which you can contrast to the ugliness on the right.
Cleaned up. The other side looks basically the same. I'm pleased overall, but I'll have to keep an eye on the grill, the radiator, and the flanges to see if there are any stress cracks forming once the radiator is full, vertical, and jostled around by the rig being on the road.
I also wanted to get to scrubbing the yellow off. I was tempted, at first, to keep it, but once I had to go to town on the center bottom section of the grill where there as a hole, I committed myself to stripping it down to mostly bare metal and readying it for the epoxy primer to come.
Halfway done, but time to go play with the kids.
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