please help spare piece

[snuff69]

G'day everyone  putting the front panels back on my FE and I have a spare piece that I can't remenber where it goes. I'ts a 595mm long piece of angle 35mm x 25mm with 4 cut outs where it looks like screws or bolts go. I think it goes around the radiator somewhere but stuffed if I can figure out where to  put it. Any help most welcome   thanks Dave

[weddo]

sounds like the angle that fits under the guard lip where it bolts on (battery side)

regards
Weddo

[snuff69]

thanks weddo    yeah the cut outs line up with the holes for mounting the guard. what does this piece do and why is'nt there one on the drivers side?    dave

[mcl1959]

It stops water getting on the regulator.

Ken

[snuff69]

So it does   Thanks Ken,Weddo      Dave

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Trivia:

It's one of the items that differentiates the really early FEs. It was introduced partway through the model's life, presumably following complaints about electrical issues stemming from damp regulators. They were retro-fitted to cars that exhibited the problem by dealers, but there was never a "recall" as such. So a lot of early FEs never got them. Mine doesn't have one.

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