Monte,
Sent a reply direct to you before reading this list. Never got your email
even though you sent one direct according to your header. I'm including the
body of the message her in case others are following this thread:
"Monte,
Had time yesterday and reversed my lefthand fan blade (viewed from front).
Should be a little more efficent now. If you have average size hands you
should be able to do it without removing the fan motor completely from the
car. Otherwise it may be necessary to remove front bumper for access and fan
motor removal.
Removed top fan mesh guard - two bolts
Removed front mesh grill - five screws
Disconnected fan bracket - two bolts
Loosened grub (set) screw on fan - shot with PB Blaster first (penetrant)
Reversed fan blade - deep dimple on motor shaft for the set screw
Re-mounted fan bracket
Once back together I noticed that the fan blade now sat closer to the
radiator than the untouched one. Simple matter to loosen the clamping bolt
on the bracket which holds the fan motor and slide it forward a little for
more clearance.
Reassembled rest of parts
Tested - both fans run CCW and both fans have thicker leading edge to the
left when viewed from front of car."
Mike
'79B
----- Original Message -----
From: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>
To: "Mike Janacek" <mjanacek@snet.net>; "MG list" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: MGB fan direction
> Mike,
> I changed my fans around yesterday; took less than an hour. They sure look
as
> though they should be mounted the way they were, but when I turned them
around
> they blow a lot more air through the radiator :-)
> This still didn't solve my above normal temperature problem, so I tapped
> lightly on the sender. This was a mistake because now I get NO reading on
the
> temp gauge. One more lesson learned. Time to order another sender.
> Monte
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Janacek
> To: MonteMorris
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:34 PM
> Subject: MGB fan direction
>
>
> Monte,
> Just took a long hard look at my fans and lo and behold one is incorrect
> (fan mounted backwards). Viewed from the front right hand one is OK, left
is
> not. Need to remove and turn it around. Car has never overheated but I'll
fix
> this week, weather permitting. Might be possible to just reverse the
> electrical connector on left motor. That would leave me with right motor
CCW
> and left one CW. I'll let you know outcome later next week.
> As I said in previous post the correct one has thicker leading edge on
the
> left when viewing the topmost blade from car front.
>
> Mike
> '79B
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