Fitting an electric fan

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GRATCH said:
In the rad hose- see the ribbed bit of rubber with a slit in it next to the scotchlock? the sensor probe wire sits in this and is sandwiched between hose and rad tube.
Re the external sensor- if your rad fins got filled with mud would this not insulate the sensor and possibly cause over-heating?
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rustyrhinos said:
I use a Kenlowe thermostat which has one of those probe things in the water pipe. No problem with leakage - but I seal it up for good measure. I would also recommend fitting a cut-off switch in the cab.

I would not trust the type where a probe gets pushed into the rad rather than in the pipes - that's a bit risky to me - what if you get a cold spot on the rad?
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Yeah, true. How fiddly is it fitting one of the in-pipe sensors? I'm having trouble imagining how they work, do you just drill a hole in the pipe? :confused:

Edit: Just read your post properly gratch. I see now, so I take it the wires just come out of the end of the rad hose as well?
 
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Langers said:
Yeah, true. How fiddly is it fitting one of the in-pipe sensors? I'm having trouble imagining how they work, do you just drill a hole in the pipe? :confused:
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Nah, where the hose goes onto the rad and is secured by a jubilee clip, the probe is put between the hose and bit of the rad the hose goes onto, then the jubilee clip is tightened thus fixing the probe in the coolant stream.;):D

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No drilling required. What you tend to get with the kit (you do with the kenlowe anyway) is basically a rubber sleeve that fits round the radiator hose. This has a groove in it - so that the thin part of the sensor can sit on the groove and therefore (in theory) mean that the pipe should be fully sealed. If you could imagine without this sleeve with a groove in, there would be a bump in the radiator hose and it would not seal.
 
rustyrhinos said:
No drilling required. What you tend to get with the kit (you do with the kenlowe anyway) is basically a rubber sleeve that fits round the radiator hose. This has a groove in it - so that the thin part of the sensor can sit on the groove and therefore (in theory) mean that the pipe should be fully sealed. If you could imagine without this sleeve with a groove in, there would be a bump in the radiator hose and it would not seal.
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Keep up at the back there:D:D:D
 
Ahhh OK I see now, the fog has lifted :D:D

Thanks chaps, now all I've got to sort out is a relay and a fuse :D My dad's an electrician so he should be able to sort me out :rolleyes::)

Oh, and one last thing - the £200 Kenlowe fans - are they really that much better than the 'cheap' £25 ones you see on eBay?
 
Get decent grade wire too while you are at it...30A relay should do.

I would never spend Kenlowe money on an electric fan. I know you say there isn't, but there must be a scrappie near you! I sourced mine from a scrappie, took a battery along with me and probed around until I could find the one with the most oomph which would fit on my landie! The one on my other car I literally found at the side of the road!
 
rustyrhinos said:
Get decent grade wire too while you are at it...30A relay should do.

I would never spend Kenlowe money on an electric fan. I know you say there isn't, but there must be a scrappie near you! I sourced mine from a scrappie, took a battery along with me and probed around until I could find the one with the most oomph which would fit on my landie! The one on my other car I literally found at the side of the road!
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I have to say, a free one would come in extremely handy right now! I'll see if I can find a scrappy tomorrow, while I'm in town returning my faulty Pirtek oil cooler pipes :doh:
 
Thought I'd let you go first rustyrhinos;)
I've heard that mondeo fans are easily fitted. If your off to hotter climes is there gonna be a kenlow dealer or leccy fans off scrap cars more available if it breaks?
 
Cheers Gratch :p

Any fan is easily fitted when taking the fan off the car, look for one which looks like its easy to bolt a bracket to...so dont just take the fan, take the whole unit including the housing, then you can hack it into the shape you want.

Chances are someone willing to sell you an electric fan wont be too far away! There is always night driving to the next town if day time is too hot :) I always take my fixed fan as a spare anyway though, just to be on the safe side.
 
GRATCH said:
Thought I'd let you go first rustyrhinos;)
I've heard that mondeo fans are easily fitted. If your off to hotter climes is there gonna be a kenlow dealer or leccy fans off scrap cars more available if it breaks?
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rustyrhinos said:
Cheers Gratch :p

Any fan is easily fitted when taking the fan off the car, look for one which looks like its easy to bolt a bracket to...so dont just take the fan, take the whole unit including the housing, then you can hack it into the shape you want.

Chances are someone willing to sell you an electric fan wont be too far away! There is always night driving to the next town if day time is too hot :) I always take my fixed fan as a spare anyway though, just to be on the safe side.
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Well I was never gonna buy one of those Kenlowes, not at that price, anyway. I can't really see how they can be that much better than your average one. I do still have my viscous, I'll shorten the blades and throw it in the back as a last resort. So scrappies it is then! Never been to one before :eek: Should be interesting! Wonder what other treasures I might come across... :rolleyes::p
 
I always see it as an ideal opportunity to get relays, fuses and jubilee clips if I need them :)

I could spend a whole day in a decent scrapyard. Oh dear.

Ohy, and you want a scrapyard where you can wander about, not one of the ones where you ask for a part and they go and fetch it!
 
rustyrhinos said:
I always see it as an ideal opportunity to get relays, fuses and jubilee clips if I need them :)

I could spend a whole day in a decent scrapyard. Oh dear.

Ohy, and you want a scrapyard where you can wander about, not one of the ones where you ask for a part and they go and fetch it!
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Yeah that's what I'm hoping I can find. I honestly can't remember seeing anywhere around here that looks like they might let you do that though, I thought 'open' scrap yards were an American phenomenon.
 
I was looking at fitting a leccy fan to replace my seized viscous fan on my TD5. I've managed to get my hands on a secondhand replacement viscous so am going to fit that. I've also got my hands on an airco unit 'blower' (externally mounted) fan from a vauxhall astra. I'm hoping I can fit that aswell as the viscous fan and plumb/wire it in using a temp sender plus a manual over-ride switch. I can then use just the leccy fan in winter and hopefully help keep my landy warmer inside and the viscous fan in summer.

I'm intending to have a crack at getting the fan fitted during the week (if the weather holds off).
 
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