Trans cooling lines support bracket

[TomoHawk]

On a 280Z, there is a bracket bolted to the oil pan in front of the starter to support the transmission oil lines to the radiator. Mine has some kind of bodged bracket made up of several pieces of metal bolted together and I don't think it is supposed to be that way.

Is there a photo, or a drawing in the microfiche I can refer to, to make or get he correct bracket?

thxZ

[Darrel]

Do you have a pic?

[TomoHawk]

A picture of what? What was on there is now off and in the solvent bucket.

[Darrel]

That will work. The brackets are separate pieces. The line separators bolt onto the lines, then bolt to the bracket that is bolted onto the oil pan.

[TomoHawk]

This is the assembled bracket, with the tubing clamp:

Maybe I should strip off all the paint and just Zinc plate it?

Edited January 20, 2010 by TomoHawk
new picture

[Darrel]

I don't recall the brackets having that many parts, but may be wrong. But yes they were plated from factory. It's up to you about what you want to do.

But yes, that is a normal bracket or at least parts of brackets.

[TomoHawk]

The thing is (or was) that some "automotive experts" told me last summer that a bracket like that should NEVER be made up of so many parts- just the arm and the clamp. I like to keeps things simple, but not if it's going to fall apart while driving somewhere.

[Darrel]

it all depends if they are trying to route it away or around something. I don't recall if mine had that many, they might, but they all have at least 2 pieces. pan bracket and line bracket.

Looking at it, those are the same bracket bolted together.

[TomoHawk]

That's correct. I'm thinking that I might strip all the paint off, hammer the one flat and weld it together, then plate it all.