RE: fan clutch

[Joe <joeyg@bellatlantic.net>]

I know as far as our fan goes, it is a thermal clutch fan, so if you go to a 160 you will need to change the clutch to one that starts to lock at a cooler temp.  I noticed this when I used to hear the fan on hot days, then I went from a 195 to a 160, and with Diacom I can see the water temp is 161 while driving.  When I sit in traffic, and start to pull away it does not make noise like it used to, and the water temps will reach 184 until I get the rpms up enough to get some flow, or get moving at over 40.  Twin electric fans, and an adjustable thermostat switch are the way to go, they will be much more consistent than a clutch fan, but our stock alternator is not the best, so that might also be an added expense.  Another added benefit would be that you would not have a huge metal fan slowly killing your water pump every day.
Joe

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From: 	NUM1TVLD@aol.com[SMTP:NUM1TVLD@aol.com]
Sent: 	Friday, July 03, 1998 12:41 AM
To: 	syty@syty.org
Cc: 	NUM1TVLD@aol.com
Subject: 	re:fan clutch

has anyone replaced their fan clutch ? i was told to spin it by hand , 5 turns
and your should feel some drag . this meaning its working correctly.if their
is no drag ,its time to replace. maybe thats why my ty is still getting warm .
its only has 80,000 miles on it . would like to here from somebody on this and
if anybody has had good results with an electric fan conversion , like atr
sells ?     thanks dave trying to keep it cool this summer.