>In a message dated 7/4/99 3:02:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Lmacy1211@AOL.COM
>writes:
>
><< Unfortunately there is a obvious power loss. It just doesn't have the
> snap it did with the clutch fan as it did without. And when you hammer it
> all you hear is this horrendous "wwhhhoosss" I have to try to figure a
> way to go back. Maybe the 10" instead of the 12" fan. Will let you know. >>
>
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>I gotta get involved here, Larry. You changed from the electric fan back to
>the clutch fan because it was overheating. Now you want to go back to an
>electric fan because of the power drain, probably going to the fan clutch.
>All seems logical.
>
>The last line says that you might go to a 10" instead of a 12" fan. If you
>mean a 10" electric fan, why would you think that a smaller electric fan
>would cool better than a 12" fan? The bigger fan would have to cool better,
>and it is important to shroud the fan so it is forced to pull the air thru
>the radiator. (Or push it thru if it's in front.)
>
>Just my 2 cents.
>
>Allen Hefner
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
If you saw the 12" fan you might get the picture. Between the motor,
shroud and fan blades themselves the rad core is pretty much covered up.
There is very little open area for air to flow through the rad to cool,
whether at speed or not, whether the fan is running or not. A 10" fan
would open up most of the surface ot the rad for better air flow.
Now having said all that. I went for about 150 mile cruise to play golf
yesterday. Yes I played in the near 100 degree hat and humidity that is
killing us in Eastern PA. On the drive home the tmp gauge climbed up to
near the redline - just as it had with the electric. So now I wonder if I
have another problem (thanks Nory). Does anyone know how to test the
electric temp gauge? Like what is the resistance at a paricular temp?
Guess I could buy a cooking thermometer and boil (Coleman Stove - ya
know) the sensor to see what the gauge reads.
Larry
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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