Hi Neil - take it you caught the ferry OK.
I see what you mean now about the stat. Because the fan sensor is in the
top hose the fans will cut in and out according to the temps there. However
your gauge sensor is on top of the engine. The thermostat is between the
two, so once the engine temp gets down to the thermostat closing temp it
will do so, shutting off the supply of hot water to the fan stat, which will
then switch off the fans. This will happen regardless of how long the fans
are set to run. You should be able to confirm this by jumpering the fan
stat so that they run continuously, or indeed simply by turning your Kenlowe
stat down to minimum. You may see the gauge go a little below N, but it
shouldn't be much.
Cheers,
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Cotty <neilc@apphosting.com>
To: mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 1:22 AM
Subject: Kenlowe Switch & Stoneleigh Show
> Hi all,
>
> Great to finally meet Paul H. & Jeff Z. at the Stoneleigh show today. :)
> Quite an event, so many spare parts and interesting MG's!!! K3 (for sale),
> MGA V8 (Featured in MG World), University Motors MGCGT etc etc (pics
soon).
> Oh and Ed.... I don't do enough cryptic crosswords to keep up with you!
lol!
> ;)
>
> Well as usual, I couldn't stand the bad karma attached with having a V8
that
> didn't sound like Ed's El Camino ;) so I had a few mods done to my V8 over
> the last few days, will talk about once I've got the bugs ironed out. BUT
> along the way I had a Kenlowe thermostatic fan switch installed. This
drives
> the twin V8 fans ok, cuts in when I want it to, but I find the duration is
> far too short. Does anyone know if this can be modified? I guess the
> duration is fine with the huge fans Kenlowe supplies, but not enough to
drop
> my V8 below N with it's factory fans. Any ideas? - is there a pot inside
> that little black box?
>
> Cheers,
> Neil
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