Heater box fan

[Bill Redd]

I just found out the the "big three" do not carry the fan for the heater box!

I know this thing won't "fail," but hey, this thing is about 34 years old. I've decided to reuse all that I can in this rebuild, but focus any money on the areas I don't want to rip apart again (wiper boxes, heater box, etc).

Any reason to search further for a new fan?

Thanks all for taking the time for my stupid questions!

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Hey, Bill -

No such thing as a stupid question. I, however, have often given a stupid answer! (Hopefully, this won't be one!)

The fan in my nearly fifty-year old TR3 worked perfectly when I took everything apart to paint the box. And motors can always be rewound.

If you're truly concerned, you might look for a used unit, have it rewound, and put it on the shelf. Who knows - in twenty or thirty years you might be able to sell it for a profit! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif After all, yours will still be running!

Mickey

 

[Guest]

Bill,
TRF carries the new heater fan motor. But DON'T EVEN THINK that you can take that Bakelite fan off the motor shaft without ruining it. Period. I was lucky enough to find a new/old fan on Ebay and put it on my new motor. Rimmer might have a new fan blade. There are some aftermarket squirrel-cage replacement fans circulating somewhere across the pond, or so I have been told. Rimmer actually has something listed on that. Good luck.

Bill

 

[Bill Redd]

Mickey, you didn't quite answer my question, but then again, you did! IF you've got a 50 year old motor running the fan, I should not be worrying about a 35 year old fan!

Bill, that's what I tried doing. Removing it from the shaft... Have not got to the point of "ruining" it, but just about a "hammer's whack" away from getting it off the spindle with minor damage.

I'll check into Rimmer, and proceed carefully...

 

[Guest]

Bill,
When you crack it (notice I said when and not if), it can be repaired nicely with thin (watery thin) superglue and then overcoated with JBWeld then spun down to let the JBWeld flow out with the fan spinning (a couple of blasts off a battery, not wide open - you'll have the stuff everywhere).

Bill