[Healeys] MORE texas cooler

[Alex]

Back in the day, my 1967 BJ8 lost the original fan blade one day when I was aggressively revving the engine under load after a tune-up. Suddenly there was a bang! The windscreen was covered with coolant. 

The blade exited the wheel well sheet metal. It destroyed the radiator and water pump.

The next day I borrowed my mom's car and drove to a new job for my first day. There I met a gentleman and I told him of my incident. He said to stop by his house after work, which I did. His garage was filled with  many Austin Healey 3000 parts. I bought a new rad, water pump, and fan for chump change. Boy, was I a happy camper. 

== Alex in Maine
     "The Blue Mainie," 1960 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
     "Conkling," 1946 M.G. TC #1321
     Former owner 1957 A-H 100-6, 1967 A-H BJ8, 
     1965 MG Midget   ‹(•¿•)›
     http://ai2q.org/


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gary R. Brierton 
  To: healeys at autox.team.net 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 1:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [Healeys] texas cooler


  In the late 60’s, driving my original BJ8 across the western US Deserts at an unreasonable speed, I lost one blade of the original 4 blade-2 piece fan.  Me being a very lucky SOB, the blade went straight down and buried itself in the chassis cross member!  Had it gone anywhere out of about a 45 degree arc, it would have taken out a front tire, the bonnet or the shroud with disastrous effect.  I removed the broken blade from the shaft, completed my trip and took the car back to the selling dealer in Rockford, IL for replacement. This was an original car, purchased new by me from the dealer.  I probably had 4-5,000 miles on it at the time of the mishap. 
  Another club member here in the Triad has lost one blade, twice in succession, on his BJ8.  Don’t know if they were originals.
  GaryB

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