Datatek
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Lock the viscous and it will shed blades at high engine revs. The viscous is less reliable than electric judging by the failures reported on here and the mod makes a very good back up for safety.
Scratch that idea then! It still turns, it is just that you can stop it with a newspaper. As I say, unless you're doing motorway speeds or really working the engine hard it doesn't seem to make much difference.
Considering the car is 20 years old I don't think it has done badly. I wonder how many were broken by the owners trying to get them off?!
martynv8
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Me too, stuck on the M1 for 8 hours last wednesday with no aircon was no fun. I replaced the condenser last year but it's my receiver / dryer thats leaking now. Got one off the bay for a bargain but they look a PITA to fit.
I got mine from these people:- RANGE ROVER P38 1994-2001 AIR CON RADIATOR/CONDENSER NEW - 2 YEAR WARRANTY | eBay
Great value and arrived the next day.
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domino
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Excellent! How does one tell if its the right size?
Datatek
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At motorway speeds, ram air should provide more than enough cooling with no help from the fan, crawling in traffic and hills or towing is when the fan is usually needed especially when it's 36c as it is here at times
brianp38dse
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Well iam back to the grindstone,
would have been nice have met up Grrrrrr and put a face to the name, here`s a pic of my jeep ( am I allowed to say that word on here) And one with the rc one which is fantastic with the teddy bear moveing about.![079_zpsd5eb7d8f[1].jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/64/64846-97d1328a77b4f548f38d05140a99159e.jpg "079_zpsd5eb7d8f[1].jpg")
would have been nice have met up Grrrrrr and put a face to the name, here`s a pic of my jeep ( am I allowed to say that word on here) And one with the rc one which is fantastic with the teddy bear moveing about.
Missed your Jeep but saw the teddy. Great day out. Little one wants to go again next year so that's one weekend booked!
Viscous fan replaced.
Didn't buy a Land Rover one but an OEM one. The original looks about 20 years old and was Land Rover. Notice the original had 10 fins but the new one has 11 fins. Also, the original had 4 bolts but the OEM one has 4 rivets. Also, it might be me but I don't think the OEM one is quite so balanced when spinning. Works fine though. Impossible to get the temperature above 12 o'clock again although it was a bit cooler this evening!
Didn't buy a Land Rover one but an OEM one. The original looks about 20 years old and was Land Rover. Notice the original had 10 fins but the new one has 11 fins. Also, the original had 4 bolts but the OEM one has 4 rivets. Also, it might be me but I don't think the OEM one is quite so balanced when spinning. Works fine though. Impossible to get the temperature above 12 o'clock again although it was a bit cooler this evening!
Datatek
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The fans on both mine were riveted, not sure how many blades though. I hope your OEM viscous is not actually ****part, they have a reputation for lasting less than 6 months.
No, not ****part! The OEM one from Island.
Datatek
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I hope you are right
Got mine back from local paint specialist who has had it for the last 3 days.
Ful paint correction, detailed & Polymer sealed.
Looks incredible now.
A few from the guy who carried out the work:
Looks fantastic mate! Really lovely car!
Datatek
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I always fill to the brim and reset the trip, I know I have a minimum of 400 miles before the next fill. I gave up trusting gauges years ago.Ran out of fuel
wil2813
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Today I might have done a silly thing...! Sold it, poor old girl gone to a new owner. Not all bad though her first job is to tow a rally car down for rebuild so once again out saving cars!
next job get a lawn mower
