Series 3 2.25 petrol - fan rubbing on plastic radiator cowl

So my series 3 had a battered old series 2 radiator fitted so in my quest to get her on the road I bought a new series 3 radiator and a lovely new plastic cowl so it would all be proper. On fitting I realised someone had fitted a really large homemade fan so once more in the pursuit of doing things right I found a NOS petrol fan for a reasonable price and fitted that...unfortunately it is rubbing on the inside bottom of the cowl and I am at a loss now as to what the issue could be.

Has anyone experienced this?

Guesses at the moment (because the fan does not look lined up in the centre of the cowl) could be the wrong sized engine mounts so the whole engine is sitting low or possibly the new radiator is much thinner than the original ones and the fan isn't fully inserted in place (the series 2 radiator was much thicker).

Thanks,

JW

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Engine mounts?

Some spacers in engine mounts would probably be the neatest solution , some of them thick square washers maybe 5mm each one under one over mount

Wildefalcon said:

Engine mounts?

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That was my first thought, a lot of bodging done on it by the PO so I wouldn't be surprised if they were not the correct size.

steve2286w said:

Some spacers in engine mounts would probably be the neatest solution , some of them thick square washers maybe 5mm each one under one over mount

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Good idea, I may as well replace them with new ones anyway...are the Britpart ones any good...is there a better alternative?

I have bearmach on mine but genuine always best

It won’t rub for ever.

Any new mounts for a petrol would be fine.

Make sure the little riser is fitted to the off side engine mount on the chassis.