Mark, replace your fan with a nice yellow plastic 5-blade fan from any old
Volvo. 8 bucks at a scrap yard. Works excellent, stays in one piece.
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432
2011/5/22 Schneider Mark <mandmschneider at comcast.net>
> A couple of weeks ago I lost a blade off of the radiator fan. Boy, was
> that
> exciting! I decided to use the opportunity to thoroughly inspect and test
> all
> components of the cooling system. Anything I found with a problem I
> replaced.
> Obviously, the fan is first on the list. As I read an information tech
> sheet
> associated with the one source of the Texas Cooler I came across something
> about which I would appreciate some lister input. The article points out
> that
> the big Healey cooling system design has a bypass that circulates coolant
> through the engine until the thermost at opens. If one is using an after
> market, non-sleeved, regular type of thermostat which remains closed until
> reaching temperature, there is no flow through the radiator core. Do I
> have
> this right? The article suggest drilling a couple of small holes in the
> rim
> of the thermostat to allow a small amount of flow until the thermostat
> fully
> opens. In all the years I have owned a Healey I had never heard of this
> before. What is the experience of the list members???
>
> Marks 3
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