Paul:
I run an electric fan on my 2000,
puller, wired through a relay,
which is switched by an adjustable water temp sensing switch.
used a junk yard fan and shroud from an old Datsun 310,
which has to be positioned a little off center on the back of the radiator
in order to clear the water pump shaft.
Fan never needs to run while I am on the open road,
but it switches on and off when in stop and go traffic.
I also run the power straight to the relay,
so after I park the car,
the fan runs until the rad cools down.
Do yourself a favor
and remove the radiator
and have it cleaned out while you are replacing stuff,
we do drive 35 year old cars and spending a few bucks
to make sure the radiator is in good shape
may save you overheating problems
and blown head gaskets in the future.
John Atchison
Idaho Falls
69 2000
At 10:09 AM 7/13/03 -0400, you wrote:
> I finally had some time yesterday to work on the water pump and it finally
>gave up and came off the block. Flushed the block and the heater core this
>morning. I need to get some new hardware before I put everything back in.
>
> But, looking at the old clutch fan assembly laying on the garage floor has
>me thinking it might be time to get an electric fan set up. Save a few
>pounds of rotating-waiting-to-fall-apart-jury-rigged-clutch-fan, gain a
>horse or two, and clean up under the hood.
>
> So, who is running which fan, what should I be wary of, pusher vs. puller.
>new vs. junk yard donor?
>
> Or should I just wait to see who overheats on the way home from Shasta?
>
>Paul Kort
>Ohio
>1969 1600
>1972 510
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