Seized Electric Clutch Fan on my 3208

[davidkerryedwards]

Chuck:
When you do that could you take pictures so the rest of us can see what you're
doing. I have noticed that any hill climbing which unlocks the convertor will
almost certainly engage the fan due to the heat from the unlocked transmission
so I agree that an auxillary transmission cooler would be very helpful.
One without a fan could possibly be adequate. I put a cooler without a fan on
the power steering system. I mounted it under the first storage box on the left
side. I also doubled the fluid capacity and rerouted the hoses. Those three
things dropped the fluid temperature by around 100 degrees.
Did the cooler you pulled from the wreck have a fan?

There was someone other than Mike who posted on one of the Bird forums a few
years ago about installing an electric fan on the radiator after losing his fan
clutch. He wasn't a regular poster but my recollection is that he had found the
electric fan substitute adequate. It would be valuable to know whether that
person had tested it's cooling capacity when the transmission convertor was
unlocked.

Kerry
82 FC 35
Denver

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Wheeler" You can also remove
some of the heat load by using a aux
> transmission cooler that has it's own fan. This is a good place for the
> electric fan. If you are pulling hard and the torque converter is unlocked
> the transmission is generating a lot heat. I have a cooler that I removed
> from a wrecked cement truck that I plan to install on our Wanderlodge. I'm
> thinking of using a 220vac fan on this cooler. If it is hot enough to need
> it I will be running the generator anyway to power the AC.
>
> - Chuck Wheeler-
> 1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX
>
>
> _____