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"... <span style="font-size:11.0pt">must be a concours judge"<br>
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Nope (I presume that's supposed to be an insult). Just a
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/5/2025 8:01 AM, Don Anglesey
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Give me a
break “Austin-Healey” must be a concours judge. The problem
with the Texas cooler is it flexes towards the radiator
unlike other fans that were developed specifically for
“Austin-Healey’s”. With age they flex more. They have
taken out several radiators over the years. I have no
problem with a noisier fan designed to keep the heat down
than use that cheap plastic fan. Like I said to each his
own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Spidell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 5, 2025 8:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Don Anglesey <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healey100s@live.com"><healey100s@live.com></a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Yet another mystery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The noise was
excessive in my Austin-Healey (can't speak to Austin-Healys).
The fan all but drowned-out the engine at idle and I didn't
like sitting in a cloud of dust (but it was the most-effective
temp-lowering mod I've tried). Note the fan BCS originally
sold was different than what I think they sell now; it had
massively curved, rectangular blades--seven of them--that went
from a couple inches of pitch to near-flat as speed
increased. <br>
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I only replace cores once (except when a water pump shaft
broke and sent a fan into the radiator).<br>
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Bob <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 10/5/2025 7:36 AM, Don Anglesey wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Your worried about a little noise in an
Austin Healy? Keep the cooler and continue to replace
radiator cores. There are several better options. To
each his own.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Healeys
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on behalf of Bob Spidell via Healeys
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 4, 2025 11:07:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">healeys@autox.team.net</a>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Yet another mystery</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Except
flex fans are extremely noisy. I got a 7-blade SS Hayden
flex fan and BCS's own home-rolled shroud from them
decades ago, and it was good for a 5-10deg reduction at
idle but, damn was it loud (and it would blow clouds of
dust out from under the car when stationary). Ditched it
for a TC (but kept the shroud). Some SS flex fans are
known for throwing a blade. <br>
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bs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 10/4/2025 9:15 PM, Don Anglesey
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ditch the Texas cooler, British car
specialists sell a nice stainless-steel fan that
doesn't flex into your radiator. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Healeys
<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"
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on behalf of Richard Antal via Healeys
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moz-do-not-send="true"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 3, 2025 6:04:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Harold Manifold <a
href="mailto:manifold@telus.net"
moz-do-not-send="true"><manifold@telus.net></a>;
Michael Salter
<a href="mailto:michael.salter@gmail.com"
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<b>Cc:</b> Healeys <a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"
moz-do-not-send="true"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Yet another mystery</span>
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inadvertently omitted an important detail: with
the advent of cool weather in NH, rather than
change the thermostat to 180 from 160, I slipped
a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator. I
had driven 200 miles in back roads with the
cardboard in place and the temp gauge never got
above 170, and so I didn't watch the temp gauge
while dashing down the interstate at 80 mph. I
was unaware of any problem until arriving home,
I could smell radiator fluid. When I popped the
hood all was wet, hot, and steaming. Perhaps at
speeds 60mph and below the fan blades didn't
flex enough but at 80 mph, they did and thus I
inadvertently caused the damage to the radiator.
I doesn't leak. Today, having removed the
suspect cardboard, I'll venture forth and watch
the temp gauge keenly.......rich<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 09:38:55 PM
EDT, Michael Salter
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that you take a careful look at the
baffles that are, or should be,
installed forward from the sides of the
radiator to the grille. If these baffles
aren't correctly fitted hot air from the
backside of the radiator will swirl
around to the front and pass through the
radiator again and thus seriously
deminish its cooling ability.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Healeys
<a
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on behalf of Harold Manifold
<a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net"
moz-do-not-send="true"><manifold@telus.net></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 2,
2025 6:45:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Richard Antal <a
href="mailto:rantal243@yahoo.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><rantal243@yahoo.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Healeys <a
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Yet
another mystery</span><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Your
comments "high speed. run of
twenty miles" and "extra series
of cooling tubes" may offer some
clues. Fan blades flex away from
the side that pushes air, in
other words towards the
radiator. The extra cooling
tubes may have reduced the
clearance between the radiator
and the fan. There isn't much
clearance to begin with. The
combination of the two may have
been enough for the fan to hit
the radiator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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other issue is what caused the
overheating. At high speeds the
fan has little to no effect on
cooling. Unless the ambient
temperature was very high and
you were going up a steep hill
the colling system should keep
up. What was the water
temperature gauge saying?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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