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1. [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>; Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 15:17:05 -0400; My '50 with a '545 235 engine and original fan overheats while sitting in traffic idling. I've been thinking of hiding an electric fan in front of the radiator but saw a recent post the recommended a; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00036.html (7,982 bytes)
2. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: ADvent@thuntek.net; Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 16:17:02 -0600; If you mount the fan directly to the rad, it will not cool as well, however, if you mount the fan to the shroud opening, then you get great air flow at a light or wherever you are stopped. There is a; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00038.html (8,954 bytes)
3. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>; Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 20:54:33 -0400; I had no intention of removing x brace from the front of the radiator as I just went to some trouble to put it back after the PO. I thought of building some sort of shroud to accommodate an electric; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00041.html (9,791 bytes)
4. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: ADvent@thuntek.net; Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 19:48:40 -0600; that would be the best and flip the fan blade to make it a pusher fan. you able to cut a shroud to fit, even if you must make it a 2 piecs like some factory ones are and then it would be out of sight; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00043.html (10,581 bytes)
5. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: B&A Kettunen <bekett@uslink.net>; Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:30:45 -0500 (CDT); I hate to say it, but just flipping the fan blade around will not make it puah backwards. You have to reverse the pitch on the blades or reverse what turns it (easiest with an electric fan). Bruce Ke; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00048.html (8,621 bytes)
6. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: "Charles Culver" <sculver@iwl.net>; Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:10:37 -0500; Grant I was having the same problem with my 235. I displaced a bunch of the antifreeze with water, and it made a big difference. Don't know what the ratio is now, but I know that straight antifreeze; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00049.html (8,443 bytes)
7. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: ADvent@thuntek.net; Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 22:09:43 -0600; It sure will. It was an electric fan. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00052.html (8,963 bytes)
8. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: ADvent@thuntek.net; Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 22:13:28 -0600; I use a 70/30 ratio, 70% coolant and 30% distilled water. Mostly for freeze protection, down to -40 or something. And in case I loose coolant, the water I add won't thin out the coolant as much. olet; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00053.html (9,270 bytes)
9. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: "Durwood B. Darbin" <dhckdkcsk@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 22:50:21 PDT; I put an 18 inch rigid 6 blade Flex-a-lite fan on my '51 with a '54 235 in it. Fan space is at a premium in that configuration and a 1000 series fan will work. Question - How did you get an original; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00058.html (9,396 bytes)
10. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: Gordon Groves <ggroves100@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 06:24:12 -0700; I would check your cooling system before you go too far with re engineering the fan , I also have a '56 235 in my '51 1/2 ton and even in sunny Tucson AZ it doesn't overheat , even with air temps ove; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00062.html (8,962 bytes)
11. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: Gordon Groves <ggroves100@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 06:29:10 -0700; Smokey makes a good point about the antifreeze , I run my mixed 50/50 and only use de ionized water (like your wife would in her expensive cloths iron ) to keep the build up of minerals to a minimum; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00063.html (8,757 bytes)
12. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>; Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 10:49:17 -0400; Rebuilt engine, recored radiator, new water pump and 160 thermostat. I dosen't boil over but starts to peg the gage. I have so far managed to shut it down before it boils over. oletrucks is devoted t; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00065.html (9,323 bytes)
13. RE: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: "Schorn, Tim" <SchornT@ci.fort-worth.tx.us>; Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 11:03:39 -0500; Could the fan be installed backwards? Tim '50 Chev 1/2t dlx Fort Worth Rebuilt engine, recored radiator, new water pump and 160 thermostat. I dosen't boil over but starts to peg the gage. I have so f; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00066.html (9,638 bytes)
14. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 11:49:03 -0500; I would have to concur that overheating at idle is not a normal condition for these trucks. A thorough check of the cooling system will probably reveal a problem with either gunk buildup, faulty ther; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00067.html (9,381 bytes)
15. RE: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: "Thom Laybourne" <tlaybourne@hyspan.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 14:10:32 -0700; Five row radiator - High speed pump or Smaller pulley - 5 degree higher thermostat ( allows water more time in radiator to cool before next hot water cycle.) All equals cooler running, which allows f; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00069.html (10,116 bytes)
16. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: "A. Jones" <jonesal@u.washington.edu>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 10:58:25 -0700 (PDT); I couldn't agree more. I have a hopped up 261 in my '50 using a stock radiator, water pump, and fan, and have no trouble overheating at all (even when I reef on the engine in the city). I would suspe; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00100.html (9,313 bytes)
17. [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>; Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:24:28 -0400; I use the advance until it pings under load and then back off until it method of timing. I didn't know this could result in overheating. This is the method California Bill, among others recommends fo; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00101.html (9,807 bytes)
18. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: ADvent@thuntek.net; Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 19:28:15 -0600; oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00119.html (9,383 bytes)
19. Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: "A. Jones" <jonesal@u.washington.edu>; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 19:27:50 -0700 (PDT); Here's the stuff I thought important for a "period correct" hopped up motor for my '50 (and with the assistance from K. Pat Smith of Inliners International): 261 cubic inch Chevrolet 6 cylinder (inli; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00121.html (10,919 bytes)
20. RE: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle (score: 1): Author: "Rich Gallagher" <rgallagrrr@mcn.net>; Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 20:55:57 -0600; Yep, its an nos 261 short block I got from Tom Langdon last summer, manufactured as a service engine in 1966, I think it was. Hardly any rust in the cylinders and only a little surface rust elsewher; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg00204.html (14,841 bytes)

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