dibbons
Well-Known Member
Maybe you guys can contribute other similar "finds" of excessive factory complexity for a simple part or system.
Someone went a little too far over-thinking the 1965 radiator bracket set-up for the fan shroud. My observations.
1) The bracket themselves have all kinds of twists and turns and include a male "locating tab".
2) The nuts for the little bolts are not square but rectangular. They have two tiny grooves machined into opposite sides on one surface. One surface is square, and the opposite surface is curved like the brushes for an electric motor (difficult to see in the photo, but obvious to the naked eye). Good Grief!
3) The tiny brackets that hold the nut in place are very complex little spring steel things. The locating tabs are not centered, but off to one side. They conform to the irregular rectangular shape of the nuts and the two grooves in the nuts. Good Grief Again!
4) The fastener is a conventional bolt with captive washer. Thank God for small favors.
Someone went a little too far over-thinking the 1965 radiator bracket set-up for the fan shroud. My observations.
1) The bracket themselves have all kinds of twists and turns and include a male "locating tab".
2) The nuts for the little bolts are not square but rectangular. They have two tiny grooves machined into opposite sides on one surface. One surface is square, and the opposite surface is curved like the brushes for an electric motor (difficult to see in the photo, but obvious to the naked eye). Good Grief!
3) The tiny brackets that hold the nut in place are very complex little spring steel things. The locating tabs are not centered, but off to one side. They conform to the irregular rectangular shape of the nuts and the two grooves in the nuts. Good Grief Again!
4) The fastener is a conventional bolt with captive washer. Thank God for small favors.