PT Engine Cooling Fan System

[Richard Hayden]

Well my friend, I think you have it. I didn't know the name but on my coach it
is located on the street side frame rail. It hydraulic over electric. I
believe that the electric sensor/switch is still available, though I'm at a loss
to tell you where. This is one of the things on these old birds that are no
longer available. Though I imagine that a good hydraulic shop could probably
overhaul it if it is inside the valve itself.

Good luck.

Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick A.
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 7:43 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: PT Engine Cooling Fan System


Thanks Pete,
But I'm looking for a little more specific information. Like the actual valve
which controls
the hydraulic fan systems low speed... and likewise for the high speed? There
is a Webster
Pressure Relief Valve in this system which has a solenoid? No hydraulic shop
here can find
any information on it, as Webster has been gone awhile. Bluebird parts says
they no
longer stock it and they do not have service kits for it?

Rick Archie
85PT40
Fort Worth...where it has not rained for 2 days...

--- In
WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete
Masterson wrote:
>
> There's a thermostat somewhere... however, the fan goes to 'high'
> when (1) the dash switch "fan Override" is on and (2) whenever the
> chassis AC is on.
>
> When the switch is off and the AC is off, then the thermostat (where
> ever it is) controls the fan speed. On my coach, I can't ever tell
> when the fan is off or running on low speed -- unless I'm standing
> outside. I can tell when the fan is on 'high' if I'm parked or moving
> over dusty (unpaved) ground as the high speed really kicks up the dust.
>
> So, unless you want the fan on high all the time, leave the fan
> override switch "off" and don't turn on the chassis AC. Then, the
> thermostatically controlled switch (back in the engine compartment
> somewhere) will control the fan speed. (On my coach, the fan is
> powered hydraulically.)
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> El Sobrante CA
> aeonix1@...
>
>
>
> On Aug 5, 2007, at 7:11 PM, Rick A. wrote:
>
> > Has anyone figured out how the PT engine cooling fan system
> > actually changes from low
> > speed to high? Obviously there is a fan override switch on the dash
> > and a temperature
> > controlled switch on the engine which when activated turns the fan
> > on high. Question is,
> > what do they really turn on? or off?
>
>
>
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