Dan, you mentioned replacing the fan with another, have you any idea's about
the replacement. I would like a a fan that puts out a lot more CFM. Baring a
new
motor I would like to at a minimum replace the brushes. I would hate go through
all that effort to put it back in and have the motor quit on me in a few months
or
years. Are replacement brushes available?
Roger
DANMAS wrote:
> In a message dated 1/15/98 6:41:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> suhring@lancnews.infi.net writes:
>
> > Could you explain how you properly lubricate the blower fan? I wasn't
> > aware you could get into these things or if so, it was a real pain
> > in the ....
>
> Scott,
>
> No, I don't really know how myself. The fan in my operable TR6 only squeaks
> once in a while, and I can get it to quit by shutting it off and turning it
> back on again, so I'm just going to live with it until it gets too bad. On my
> project TR6, I am going to replace the fan motor with new one from some other
> car, but I haven't gotten that far yet. I am also going to modify the sheet
> metal to redirect the air flow so my right foot doesn't cook! I might wind up
> completely redoing the whole unit.
>
> You are right, though, to lube the fan, you have to remove the whole unit,
> which is a pain in the ......! There is just no other way to get to it (just
> to be completely honest, you could get to it without removing the whole thing,
> but it would be at least 10 times as much work as removing it -- it would be a
> lot like extracting a wisdom tooth rectally!). Just looking at the fan motor,
> it looks like maybe a little WD40 might do, or a little dab of grease, but I
> haven't tried it.
>
> Dan Masters,
> Alcoa, TN
>
> '71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
> '71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
> http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
> '74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition, slated for a V8 soon!
> '68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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