Robert Bailey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DSand95510(at)aol.com [SMTP:DSand95510(at)aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 1998 12:12 PM
> To: rexfunk(at)magick.net
> Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: 2 Fan or not 2 Fan
>
> In a message dated 98-07-09 22:52:41 EDT, pwheeler(at)ix.netcom.com
> writes:
>
>
> >> Upon examining the 4 blade stock fan, I noticed that it had a
> subtle
> >> hairline crack halfway across one blade near the base. So far,
> I've had
> >> one of these fans bury itself in my radiator, while taking a turn,
> and
> >> another one just plain break at low speed.
>
> >> At the last SUNI, a guy had one
> >> give way and go through his hood at road speed.
>
>
>
> It broke going thru Boise, Idaho on the way to SUNI II, at about 65
> mph. Talk
> about an explosion! I was pretty sure from the sound and immediate
> violent
> shaking that I'd lost a rod or crank or something. Then I remembered
> hearing
> that sound once before, and also noticed that my oil pressure hadn't
> changed.
> As I coasted to the side of the freeway, I leaned over the windshield
> and,
> sure enough, there they were again: those nasty Mick Jagger-like metal
> lips
> protruding from the bonnet.
>
> I've used an early series 6-blader since then (roughly 45,000 miles),
> courtesy
> of a nearby Alpine owner, Kevin McCarthy, of Post Falls, Idaho. I
> don't know
> that the early blade works any better, but at least its still in one
> piece.
>
> Dick Sanders
> Seattle
>