I recall repairing a faulty ignition system, and then tuning up my BJ8 years
ago. Naturally I headed out for a highway test drive. Wow! The car was so
peppy that I decided to rev it to 5500 RPM in second and --- bam! -- the
windscreen turned white! The thought that raced through my mind was that I
blew the engine.
What happened was that the fan blew apart and destroyed the rad and doused the
car with coolant.
The blades exited through the sheet metal by the wheel well, under the shroud,
so no body work was needed topside.
The next day I borrowed my mom's car and went to work at a new job as an
electronics technician. I was sitting at the bench chatting with some other
employees and in the course of conversation I described my previous day's
harrowing experience with the blown radiator.
Lo, and behold, the guy next to me says he's got a new one in his garage!
After work I went over to his house and saw his garage full of AH 3000 parts.
Smiling form ear to ear, I left with a new radiator and cap, hoses, and water
pump---all for about $25.
Ah, those were the days.
== Alex in Maine
1960 BT7 3000 Mark 1 - "The Blue Mainie"
Former owner of 1957 100-6, and 1967 3000 Mark III BJ8
http://users.adelphia.net/~alexmm/ai2q.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: davidwjones
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:36 PM
Subject: Fw: fan blade
Geeze, It amazes me the amount of force you guys are describing, when one
of
those things is turned loose. -I mean I would have expected it to do damage
to
the (soft) radiator, but ricochets, and entering steel structural bits, I
find
surprising. --Makes me think twice about standing there with the hood open
and
using the linkage to rev the engine. ---Think I'll stand out of the fan's
rotational plane, from now on.
David W. Jones
'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
Cumberland, RI USA
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