On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Gunnell, John wrote to mg-t@autox.team.net:
> Now for the problem. Those little fan bolts must tolerate about as
> much torque as a toothpick. I snapped one off. Didn't put a lot of
> pressure on it either.
> The other three bolts went in just fine and everything seems quite
> snug, but dare I run the car with only three bolts holding the fan? Does
> anyone have any experience with this?
> I'd rather not tear the radiator out and all that right now if I
> don't have to. I'm sure the day will come On the other hand, I don't
> want a blade flying off. Any advice would be welcome.
John, I recommend against running the car with only three fan bolts.
Maybe you'll be lucky and they will hold, but if they don't and the fan
comes off, you're going to end up removing the radiator anyway. The
difference is that instead of removing it to replace just the broken bolt,
you'll be removing it for expensive core and/or header tank repairs.
Don't know about you, but that would certainly ruin my day.
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Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E
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