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RE: TR4-6 heater fan motor

To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: RE: TR4-6 heater fan motor
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:42:28 +0100
ok, I'll remove the plastic thingy on the scuttle and dig into that, suppose
thats the air intake.

Thanks, Gernot

> ----------
> From:         jaltman@altlaw.com[SMTP:jaltman@altlaw.com]
> Reply To:     Jim Altman
> Sent:         Monday, October 05, 1998 12:27 PM
> To:   'Gernot Vonhoegen'; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      RE: TR4-6 heater fan motor
> 
> Gernot: Something must be plugged with crud in the scuttle.  The blower
> blow
> straight out the bottom of the heater unit.  Something must be plugging
> the
> input.
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Altman  jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum
> http://www.altlaw.com/metro/jaltman.html    69-TR6#CC28754L  W4UCK
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Gernot Vonhoegen
> Sent: Monday, October 05, 1998 6:54 AM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: TR4-6 heater fan motor
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > ----------
> > From:       Linda Long (IM)[SMTP:LLong@Kollmorgen.com]
> > Reply To:   Linda Long (IM)
> > Sent:       Sunday, October 04, 1998 6:08 PM
> > To:         triumphs@autox.team.net; 'DANMAS@aol.com'
> > Subject:    RE: TR4-6 heater fan motor
> >
> >
> > Listers,
> > I may be the only TR4 owner in the world that didn't know this.....but I
> > was
> > wondering the other 40degree morning why the blower on my TR4 is so
> > pitiful
> > compared to the blast my TR6 blower puts out.  Did some digging in my
> > Triumph Sports Owners Association Handbook and found the following:
> > "It is surprising how many owners do not realize that the scuttle vent
> > must
> > be open in order to get heat or ventilation to the feet.  Your TR has a
> > fresh air heating system and the heat will not flow strongly, even with
> > the
> > blower on, unless the vent is open". >
> >
> >
>       Sorry, what blast? I do have a 74 6 and even with the blower in
> stage two it doesn't give more than a slight flow, surpisingly it is
> enough
> to lower engine temp if necessary but not to warm driver. Doesn't matter
> too
> much, there are jumpers in this world  but I think this system is far from
> advanced, unless that is mine is crap for some reason.
> 
> 
>       Gernot
> 

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