The electric fan hasn’t come out of hibernation very happily – it’s been making some strange graunchy noises and generally been rather loud. Probably dried up or knackered bearings or some such, but thankfully the availability of cheap Chinese fans has come on in leaps and bounds since I last looked around eight years ago.…
More rain this morning, but at least most of the garage roof leaks have now been fixed Was just out there tidying up really, and whilst admiring my recent handiwork had one of those “doh!” moments. Crouching down to look through the grille, I could see the fan, the relay and the thermostatic switch … and…
Yesterday gave me three simple jobs – stop the leak in the top hose, remove the viscous fan and finalise the wiring. Taking off the fan would be quick – I’ve done it before – so I started there The viscous hub on the fan attaches to the water pump shaft with a large 32mm…
OK, first up I’ll admit straight off that I spent some time putting a couple of coats of Hammerite on the fan shroud and my new brackets Having reassembled everything, I then drilled some holes in the bodywork to mount the brackets onto. To reduce vibration and noise, I wanted to put some kind of rubber…
It is indeed a 12 volt LED, so hopefully none of that confusing stuff about resistors applies You lost me on the second sentence, Group4_Mark2 I just chose blue cos’ it looks cold, not for any technical reasons Had to go and get some more yellow crimp connectors at lunchtime, so got a multi-pack of lots of flavours…
Went out shopping to Maplins armed with a big list and came back with a bagful of goodies A 30A relay, an in-line fuse holder with 20A fuse, some 30A and 3A wire and a nice little panel-mount blue LED… The thermostatic controller I got from the Staffordshire Vehicle Components stall at the NEC Classic appears to be much the…
Right, had some time in the garage this afternoon – football on the radio, tea in a Thermos, the smell of woodsmoke wafting in through the gaps in the roof First of all I hooked up the fan to the defibrillator to check that the thing actually worked and gave myself a surprise as it almost…
Back in the mists of time in November, a parcel of treasure did arrive from the land of ebay … Originally Posted by Stu.C … a radiator fan from an Escort RS Turbo… I forgot to check the address of the chappie that sent it, but I’m guessing this Escort lived in a seaside town and…
Steering rack and both track rod ends now successfully off the car – the jacking-up tip worked a treat Replacements are being picked up from the nice people at General Traffic tomorrow at a mere twenty quid for the rack and four quid each for the TREs The other nut on the TCA rose joint isn’t shifting…