Cruises and Shows,,,,,,2013

NICE!

Thanks for the link Don, I sent them an email to ask about the 3 pass version, from what I read you can never have too much cooling capacity on these 1st gens.

Yup, I have read about many different ways to tackle the over heating issue. I have some sheetmetal laying around so if i get a chance i may try and fab a shroud of some sort this weekend. But i will definately go to a 3 row radiator as well. I found the part #CC6066 is the 3 Row version. I will call them today if i get a chance to check on the leadtime, they say its out of stock on the site. Once a have the shroud and 3 row in i hope tp have belly pan by then so i can install it and try to fab a scoop as well. Lets hope that will be the end of 220 to 250 running temps.

I had read about having a fan to direct air up to the radiator. I have already bought and installed a skip white 16" pusher fan mounted on the front of the radiator. I drove the van around the block a couple of times on a 90+ day and all it did was delay the overheating. I realize that by mounting it on the radiator I added restriction to air flow when it's not running. But I figured since I upgraded to a 78 amp 12si alternator I didn't care that the electric fan would run all the time.

The three things I have found are that you NEED a belly pan to keep the air that your fan has pulled through the rad from circulating under the rad and right back into the rad again. you NEED a fan to pull air through from the backside and you NEED to make sure that the filler is in place over the top of your rad so that you dont recirculate that hot air again like with a bellypan, they both serve the same purpose. In some applications, a 3 or 4 core radiator will only restrict airflow through the rad. with those heavier rads you definately NEED a fan shroud.

i smell fumes after ideling, i need one of these,,weres the best place to get one ?

ok its just a coolant fan off a late model honda or something like that, i never had any over heating problems it runs about 190 even on a hot day and i dont have a belly pan, they only thing is the fumes in the dog house, i know it needs a valve job and it smokes when you restart it after its been run, maybe thats it, but the dog house gets really hot, i have to use a blanket beside my leg when driving, and its insulated, maybe with the extra fan running a couple minutes after i shut it off it would cool the box ?

donivan65 wrote:,,,,,,and we put 60 minute timers on them to cool things down after we park them,,,,,

Donivan, what timer are you using?

Thanks! I bought a fan a while back, now I need to find one of those timers and install it all.

i'll be doing it to in the winter months when the car shows are over

donivan65 wrote:A ceiling fan twist 60 minute one,,,,,,if you forget to turn off your fan it will kill your battery,,,,,I like to set mine right before I stop,,,,,it shuts off automatically,,,,,,I got a manual switch also,,,,,its mounted with the knob sticking out the bottom of my dash,,,,,,$16 at Home Depot,,,,,,,,

Just run the hot and ground directly to the battery? I picked up a nice burger fan at Ecology the other day for twenty bucks, it was not half price day unfortunately.

,,,,,you can run a line from the positive battery cable on the starter solenoid with an inline fuse in it to the fan, then run another line from the fan up to the dash to a switch or timer and ground it,,,,,,or run a line from the fuse box, to a switch, and to the fan and ground the other wire there,,,,,,switch wires if the fan does not blow towards the radiator......

Any of you SD Vanners interested in attending this show? They are desperate for some more vehicles and would welcome as many of us that would be interested...I plan on going, please let me know if you want to rollllllll.

I'll be at the El Cajon cruise with my van. The 14th is my birthday! You coming down, Joe?!