Fred Kuzyk wrote:
>
> Chip,
> As I mention in another post, I'm a "fan" of the fan! Mine has worked
> well for several years. When I hit the switch, temp drops from over 100
> deg C to the operating temp of 80 deg C in no time!
>
> I too have an expansion tank. I believe this is a necessity, not to
> prevent overheat but to keep the level in the rad constant. My Mog tends
> to relieve pressure when it sits after a hot run. This would end up on
> the ground & the rad level would thus keep creeping down. Now it vents &
> vacuum returns it back to the rad when cool. Always full. The expansion
> bottle was a spare from a Mustang! It's true, Detroit iron runs cool,
> not suffering the problems of the LBCs (little British cars), which
> "mark their territory"!
>
> Cheers,
> Fred Kuzyk
> President, Morgan Sports Car Club of Canada
>
> Visit the Morgan Sports Car Club of Canada's website at:
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/msccc
>
> ebrown@ms.com wrote:
> >
> > Wow. It sounds like many of the respondents to the "Keeping Cool"
> > question think that electric fans aren't necessarily a good answer.
> > We've heard about blockage, ineffectiveness (see below), and using
> > alternative measures, air dams, pressurized tanks and the like. To
> > this interested observer, this is a real surprise. We only have one
> > response that had a positive experience with fans. So many new cars
> > have electric fans! Has anyone else out there become a real fan of
> > fans? Can anyone recommend a particular pressurized reservoir to use
> > with the older cars?
> >
> > Chip Brown
> >
> > Subject: Re: keeping your cool
> > Author: "David Wagstaff" <wagstaff@newnet.co.uk> at nylanr01
> > Date: 4/1/98 9:18 PM
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Until recently when the Morgan arrived I drove a Westfield with a Kent
> > engine in a fairly high state of tune. It would always overheat when I got
> > stuck in traffic, even though it had an electric fan with a manual
> > override. Whenever I stopped I flipped the switch, but the gauge would
> > gradually creep up and up.
> >
> > I solved the problem by going to a local radiator specialist. It turned
> > out that the radiator on the car was a standard Serck radiator with only a
> > single row of tubes. He made me a replacement with two rows of tubes, and
> > the car was ready by lunchtime. Cost me about fifty pounds, fitted
> > perfectly and cured the problem just like that!
> >
> > Dave Wagstaff
> >
>
> --
Chip,
I'm also a fan-fan and have found it to be very effective (btw when I
reversed the polarity on my '61 +4 to neg. ground, all I had to do was
reverse the connections for the fan to continue to rotate in the correct
direction).
The pressurized overflow reservoir is also a good idea. My homemade
variation (two hoses, a poly bottle and some silicone sealant) works
just fine. If you don't already have a copy of Fred Sisson's book, get
one. It has directions/suggestions for all of the above--and many more
ideas.
Good Luck, and Happy Morganing.
Michael
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