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[TR] TR4 cooling

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Subject: [TR] TR4 cooling
From: diggle@clear.net.nz
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:39:55 +1200
Electric fan, heres the update.
I ended up having my radiator reconditioned and the crank
hole put back.
The crank hole blocks off about 15% of the cooling. I
installed a 10" high performance electric fan (biggest that
I could fit) with thermostat, on the front of the radiator
and removed the TR6 fan I had. The power on temp is not
exact with the fan coming on over a widish range. I think
that it might be draining the battery but am not really
sure. If it is I will install an alternator with the wide
pully from the generator. Overall it was a very worthwhile
modification with no more overheating in stop start traffic.
I would like to install an overide switch for the fan but
have lost the info on how to wire it in so will google. 
PS I read that our water pumps don't pump at low revs hence
they contribute to overheating, can they be modified to fix
this problem?


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