It was a metal one, I straightened out the remaining intact blade and put it
back on...but yes I have my eye open for a placcy one now.
I still cant get over the horridness of the noise....it seemed a miracle
that everything major was still in one piece.
Andy
>From: "Mike & Kerry Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
>To: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: scary noise at 6000rpm
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:11:01 +1100
>
>Metal or 6 blader plastic? If the former, then get the latter!!
>
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
>To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 6:36 PM
>Subject: scary noise at 6000rpm
>
>
> > Greetings people.
> > I was driving home at 2:30 this morning , down swan st richmond, I went
> > under the railway lines and was fangin' it in 2nd , to make the most of
>the
> > echo, when SMASH, CLANG BANG etc....
> > I was sure that the gearbox had exploded or something equally heavy.
> > It turns out the I threw a fan blade. Luckily the radiator, bonnet are
> > undamaged.
> > The clamp off the top hose/thermostat housing is missing so it must have
> > gotten knocked off by the fan blade. I did have a spare set of fan
>blades
> > but I fear they ended up on the skip last big clean up....
> >
> >
>
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