Re: Electric fan vs.. clutch fan?

Kenny Humbard (kenny505@earthlink.net)
Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:39:20 -0500

The little brush that fits into a hole on the timing cover is broken.
Basically the brush housing is broken and stuck in the hole. I can't remove
it. My three options were to one, change the timing cover, two, install an
electric fan, and three, weld the fan to the pulley. I bought a 14in
electric fan. it works great for now. I don't know how it will work in the
summer though. I like your idea of bypassing the fan pulley altogether. Are
you sure it will work? There seems to be a metal piece of the cover that
maybe in the way, were the power steering tentioner screws in to the cover.
Were can I get a new 10.1 idle sprocket bolt? How tight to I make the chain?
And will this fix the valves from having to be adjusted? Thanks so much for
everyone's help on this! :)

ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Holm, Peugeotholm <peugeots@plainfield.bypass.com>
To: Kenny Humbard <kenny505@earthlink.net>
Cc: Pmail <peugeot@padui.org>
Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: Electric fan vs.. clutch fan?

>Ken
>
>What exactly died?
>
>If the fanshaft bearings in the timing cover are bad so the pulley wobbles
>you can bypass it by removing the AC compressor belt and reinstalling it in
>place of the waterpump belt, bypassing the fan clutch pulley altogether.
>
>If your fanclutch simply doesn't clutch anymore, it is usually simple to
>fix, and in my opinion is an excellent system as long as you are using the
>all-plastic fanblade and the relieved pulley hub, which is lighter than the
>solid one used in 80-81.
>
>If you don't use AC, you can simply use an electric condenser fan instead
>of the mechanical one, hooked to the thermoswitch in the radiator, but if
>you do use AC there may not be enough cooling capacity with just one fan.
>
>While you have your timing cover off, be sure to check the hardness of the
>idler sprocket bolt (many were 8.8, which is prone to breaking--replace
>with 10.1), and reset the chain tensioner to its new position, taking up
>the slack with the idler sprocket (unless the tensioner shaft is cocked or
>scored requiring its replacement, and suggesting replacement of the chain
>as well). Reseting the chain will put the camshaft and injection pump back
>in time with the crankshaft, and would require resetting the pump to its
>original position if it has been advanced previously.
>
>B Holm
>
>At 04:29 PM 1/30/99 -0500, Kenny Humbard wrote:
>> What do you guy/girls think about this? The clutch fan on my 82 505 TD
>>died. I was wondering what everyone here thinks about the two types of
fans?
>>I am going to be replacing the timing cover on my car sometime soon. I
>>installed a universal electric fan the other day. This is why I brought up
>>the topic. Should I keep the electric fan? Or should I install the clutch
>>fan when I install the new timing cover? Has anyone here done what I have
>>done?
>>
>>Here are the pics of the radiator fan I installed. BTW Would it be a
problem
>>that the old fan assembly is resting on the new fans shroud?
>>
>>http://home.earthlink.net/~kenny505/ratiatorl.jpg and
>>
>>http://home.earthlink.net/~kenny505/ratiatorr.jpg
>>
>>Ken
>>
>>
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