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Cooling system update
Topic Started: May 15 2004, 05:13 AM (899 Views)
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Finished fitting my 16" thermofan and gilmer drive today. At least she will run cool and the alternator belt won't slip any more. :clapping:
On the plus side it now makes a rather impressive blower kinda whine. :naughty:
Keeps the young guys in their rice burners guessing!
I also changed the steering wheel to a wooden ford wheel. It had a crappy black thing on before, looks heaps better as you can tell from the pics :D
 
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That last foto was the gilmer and fan, here is the steering wheel!
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OK... I'm really liking that gilmer set-up!!!
 
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If I could find a way to attach the sound it makes to this post you would like it even more! :D
Here is another angle. They reckon you gain about 5hp by taking off your engine fan, but you lose about 5hp when you chuck the gilmer system on (extra friction etc).
 
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I don't get that 5HP is going to be noticeable... I've got the same fan on my Stude and must admit, ist is quite a comfort to be working on an engine and not having that "choppy thing" ready to mangle anything it touches!!!
One little problem I had was that recently when the fan turned off, it made a dry bearing noise, so I removed and dismantled the fan motor and discovered one of the magnets had parted with the housing... was able to epoxy it back on and all is well. The warranty expired about 10 years ago! :drivin:
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May 16 2004, 01:09 AM
I don't get that 5HP is going to be noticeable... I've got the same fan on my Stude and must admit, ist is quite a comfort to be working on an engine and not having that "choppy thing" ready to mangle anything it touches!!!

Aint that the truth brother!! :D The shroud on my old fan had two dirty great chunks out of it where I had leaned on it and as it bent it caught the fan. No harm to me but too close for comfort!! :yikes:
A few people I had spoken to had said the thermofans are really reliable. The only issue I have is the sensor goes in the top radiator hose and I have a tiny leak where it fits between the clamp and the radiator, bit of gunk should fix that!
 
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I dumped that pathetic sensor and put a thermo switch rated at 180 into a spare port in the intake manifold engine side of the thermostat. I then used it as a grounding switsh for a relay that suppliies direct battery power to the fan... it works very well and there's no breaking of rad hose seals! You're a better man than I if you can seal that hose with anything but a good quality clamp and sealing surface.
I was firmly advised to use the thermo switch as a ground circuit... apparently it extends the life of the switch. Running the fan power directly from battery allows the fan to operate after ignition switch is turned off for continued cool-down... just make sure the power supply is fused!!!
Hope you can use this and it saves you the headaches I had!
Engine fans have eaten timming lites, trouble lites and thrown distributor wrenches... and for heaven's sake... stay away from flex fans... I know of one death resulting from their use!!!
 
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I've installed mine as per the instructions from Davies Craig. Now you mention it, that is a good idea to run it direct from the battery, only problem I can see is it may run the battery down if the fan operates for a while, however I can't see the fan chewing that much juice! I may have another look at my install and see if I can't modify it to do as you have done!
Tell me more about the flex fan incident, I'm curious! I have seen a 1/2 x 9/16 ring spanner go sailing out of an engine bay after coming into contact with a fan (left a nasty mark on the hood!) but I've never heard of a fatality.
 
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Flex fan blades fatigue!!!
The poor fellow was finishing a tune up and in the proccess of leaning over the engine and snapping the throttle... one of the blades broke away and went through his neck.
 
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