Fans, batteries, Verdes, everything exploding

[Joe Martin Cantrell <agiyo@domain.elided>]

At 04:13 AM 1/23/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:42:55 -0500
> From: John Gallagher <gallagher41@domain.elided>
> Subject: '85 Spider Fan/Engine Mount
>
> Digesters:
> My fan exploded. Fred suggested checking the engine mounts.  They seem 
> fine.  Engine does not move when shaken by hand or by reving engine.  Any 
> suggestions?
> Should I bother replacing the fan shroud which was destroyed by the 
> fan?  Thanks.
I wouldn't, and didn't.  Go to "I Saluti's" web site, and follow their 
instructions, more or less, to install an electric fan ahead of the 
radiator.  My fan mounted with a couple of short pieces of hardware store 
angle steel top and bottom, instead of the straps they use, and I ran a 
switch through a relay to control it.

Making that conversion removes the possibility of a fan blade going thru 
the radiator, cuts power drag at speed, supplies full cooling in hot summer 
traffic when you really need it, opens up the area between the engine and 
radiator, and simplifies working in that area.  I haven't found a downside.

The Spider fan is from a 3XX series BMW, but there are many which would 
work as well or better, plenty on eBay.  An electric fan was the first 
accessory I bought for the resurrecting Berlina.

Peace,
Joe
Portland, OR 
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