DANMAS@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/15/99 6:07:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> 105671.471@compuserve.com writes:
>
> > >I agree, but there is another advantage to using a mechanical fan - if the
> > >engine is running, the fan is running.
> >
> > Until the belt breaks. ;-)
>
> Ah, but there is no belt involved on a TR6 - the fan is driven directly from
> the crank!
>
> Dan Masters,
> Alcoa, TN
Driving the fan off the crank is great until your 30 year old plastic fan
decides to
shatter into a dozen pieces - taking out a full third of the radiator - while
your
100 miles from home - doing 75 on the interstate - at dusk - on a Sunday -
coming
back from a show.
Been there, done that, used the T-shirt to mop up the coolant splashed all over
my
freshly restored engine compartment. ;-)
Fitted stainless flex fan rated to 10,000 rpm the next weekend.
Regards,
Brian Schlorff '61 TR-4 '64 TR-4 '72 TR-6 '79 Spit
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