Could the fan be installed backwards?
Tim '50 Chev 1/2t dlx
Fort Worth
-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Galbraith [mailto:trks@javanet.com]
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:49 AM
To: Gordon Groves
Cc: oletrucks
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Overheats at idle
Rebuilt engine, recored radiator, new water pump and 160 thermostat. I
dosen't boil over but starts to peg the gage. I have so far managed to shut
it down before it boils over.
Gordon Groves wrote:
> I would check your cooling system before you go too far with re
> engineering the fan , I also have a '56 235 in my '51 1/2 ton and even
> in sunny Tucson AZ it doesn't overheat , even with air temps over 100
> deg. It gets hot all right and even after parking for a few hours it
> will still be 180 deg. at start up but I haven't had any boiling or
> anything like that . Just a thought.
>
> Gordon Groves
> '51 chevy half ton
> '54 IHC Travelall
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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