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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>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.
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The blade exited the wheel well sheet metal. It
destroyed the radiator and water pump.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>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. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>== Alex in Maine<BR>
</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial><EM>"The Blue Mainie," 1960 Austin Healey 3000
BT7<BR> "Conkling," 1946 M.G. TC
#1321<BR> Former owner 1957 A-H 100-6, 1967 A-H BJ8,
<BR> 1965 MG Midget
‹(•¿•)›<BR> </EM></FONT><A href="http://ai2q.org/"><FONT
size=2 face=Arial><EM>http://ai2q.org/</EM></FONT></A></STRONG></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gbrierton@hotmail.com href="mailto:gbrierton@hotmail.com">Gary R.
Brierton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 31, 2014 1:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] texas cooler</DIV>
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<DIV>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.
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<DIV>Another club member here in the Triad has lost one blade, twice in
succession, on his BJ8. Don’t know if they were originals.</DIV>
<DIV>GaryB</DIV>
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