Fan stroud of Turin

[gmask]

So I had found this fan shroud in my 71 250 parts car that my 72 was missing and installed it in the 72. Now I guess I know why it was missing ..because the fan blade hits it when I brake hard or turn hard.

I'm thinking that maybe I need to replace the engine shock.. the mounts are new?

[300SDog]

Another item on DieselDogs list of useless junk to be stripped from the car....

I've never in my life heard of anybody going out of their way to replace the fan shroud.

OTOH, '71 might be the year this demon device made its debut, so it could be priceless safety relic.... from the same era when upholstery went flabby on account of safety fire-resistance - omitting highly flamable glue that held horse hairs together.

You never know when someone might jam their hand in fanblades or seats might spontaneously combust in flames.


Btw, bolts for engine mounts are on list of items that require periodic tightening, say once each year - especially after being replaced new and settling for awhile.

[gmask]

>>>I've never in my life heard of anybody going out of their way to replace the fan shroud.

At the time I had been having problem witht he engine overheating and I thought it might make a difference but it didn;t.

>>>OTOH, '71 might be the year this demon device made its debut, so it could be priceless safety relic.... You never know when someone might jam their hand in fanblades ..

Too late.. it ruined now.. the fan bvlades have cracked it beyond repair.. As a child I allways had this uncontrollable desire to stick my fingers into the box fan in my window.. fortuantley the fan baldes were made of plastic.

>>>Btw, bolts for engine mounts are on list of items that require periodic tightening, say once each year - especially after being replaced new and settling for awhile.

I checked them and they seem to still be tight but I will check again in a few months.

The engine shock looks pretty worn out so if I can figure out how to replace it I will.

[skalie]

Replacing the radiator cap might help the overheating problem.

Someone gave me that tip once, I can't remember the reasoning behind it, and I'm not sure if it helped at all, but since it was probably the easiest repair in the world and not too much on the pricey side, I went for it.

[gmask]

Originally posted by skalie
Replacing the radiator cap might help the overheating problem.

Someone gave me that tip once, I can't remember the reasoning behind it, and I'm not sure if it helped at all, but since it was probably the easiest repair in the world and not too much on the pricey side, I went for it.

Replacing the cylinder head solved the overheting problem as the one I had was severally damaged from the previous owner running it straight water.

There are many possible causes for overheating such as retarded timing, leaking head gasket, erroded coolant passages in the head (as was my problem), wrong mixture of antifreeze, blocked radiator, worn fan clutch, air in the cooling system and cooling system leaks including a faulty radiator cap.

[joshhol]

Moot point now but my 300D fan shroud hit the fan after the new mounts were put in.
It's height was adjustable, dont know if yours is but hey, they're both 115/114's right?

[gmask]

Originally posted by joshhol
Moot point now but my 300D fan shroud hit the fan after the new mounts were put in.
It's height was adjustable, dont know if yours is but hey, they're both 115/114's right?

Yeah I guess it is.. I guess I would need to slide it up sice that sems to be where it seems to hit althoguh that now that section is gone it must be hitting the sides of the shroud..

I shoudl just tak eit out completely.. it's not doing me any good and I think I manage to not stick my fingers in the fan blaes even though the though it tempting ;-)