[TR] Push or pull

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave1massey at cs.com

In a message dated 10/24/2007 3:23:35 PM Central Daylight Time,
cbfoch at charter.net writes:
> No one has mentioned a thermostatic fan clutch, which would offer 
some
> of the horsepower-savings of an electric fan without the wiring and
> fabrication hassles. Does anyone have experience with one on a 
Triumph?....

The TR7's had this device and they have been known to fail causing a 
horrible
noise like the engine was coming apart.

==AM==
Some later Spitfires (and a lot of Volvo 140 series cars) also had 
them. The other horrible noise when they failed was the sound of fan 
blades shredding radiator cores. Been there, done that.... (possibly 
more common on Volvos?)

--Andy  Mace

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*Man: Well, no ... It's not so  much of a jet, it's more your, er, 
Triumph Herald engine with  wings.
 -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus  (22)

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