Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Need some of these : Been to Demon Tweeks and to Merlain catalogues -silly money !!!! Any ideas as to where to buy a load without being fleeced and sniggered at for the privelidge ? Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 I had always been led to believe that those things weren't a very good idea on a 4x4 because of all the banging around, i.e. they would bugger up the radiator sooner rather than later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 9, 2006 Author Share Posted September 9, 2006 Yes and no. I think if you mount a smalluish fan and clmap it with LOTS of them your ok. A HUGE fan and a few clips then not so good. I'm think of 2x 12inch fans with 12x mountings on each and my special rad is stonger than std as the tubes are bigger...but ... £6+ for 4 thats £36+vat for the Kin things ), and this is a cheap 'see if it works effort' Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Go on, you know you want to spend 6 weekends making a KittyBlower fan mount out of 6mm plate instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 9, 2006 Author Share Posted September 9, 2006 I just have - needed to move the coil packs as getting too hot..... So I have just made another dual ford coil pack mount yesterday which mounts on the front of the engine - took F******* ages, and when I finished welding I looked up and thought..... "WHY do I take so long to make things FFS, .....why can't I just Shove it together as others do ?" Jon W came around today, ...........PHSL at the bracket vs time saga when I admitted both Strong though : Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MogLite Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 "WHY do I take so long to make things FFS, .....why can't I just Shove it together as others do ?" Where do you do your thinking/planing/design ? In the workshop as you go, or have you thought it through, and you know exactly what you are gonna do, when you hit the workshop ? Things take me a lot longer if I design as I go. When I hit the workshop I normally know exactly what I'm gonna do - what stock I'm gonna use, where I'm going to do the cuts etc. Planning in 6mm steel isn't a lot of fun. As for the fan fixing - if its just an experiment - cable ties !! Poke one through the radiator, and cut the end off a 2nd to secure it. Use washers and bits of rubber to suit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Need some of these : Been to Demon Tweeks and to Merlain catalogues -silly money !!!! Any ideas as to where to buy a load without being fleeced and sniggered at for the privelidge ? Nige Can't you use cableties with washers? I always save the fasteners off old cableties for this purpose. I use them to hold my sidelights in place to avoid screws going into the ally, thus isolating them and hopefully avoiding corrosion. Personally I wouldn't fasten a fan to the core, I reckon the constant vibration, no matter how slight, will work harden and eventually break the tubes. PS edited - Moglite, just read your reply, great minds think alike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Make a nice blingy fan frame:- Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted September 9, 2006 Author Share Posted September 9, 2006 Bling Les H ?..... Well living in Costa Del Swindon I'm amazed you haven't made spinners n lights fer Der blingin and wickid catflap macheen eh ? .... .......................... R E S T C P This is a "Hotch botch see if it works idea" ..............but whilst the zippy tie idea looks promising, being me (F Idiot) I think it will work so wnat to do the job best I can 1st attempt........... (thats why folks I am now on Plan B of the Coil Pack mount at an average of 4-6 hours per unit - and plan C on the rear winch mount which having finished plan c at a fearsome amount of fab time sees the fabbed unit in the garage on the floor {next stop the skip}, and the winch on the F bench awaiting plan D FFS .............nurse pills now please.....) Wheres me beer ? .....ah there it is Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Nige, My plug leads are STILL neater than yours!!!! Like I said yesterday - zippy ties! Insert one from each side of the rad and zip em together until it all tightens up! Easy peasy....... All those things really are are glorified zip ties anyway! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 on goes another couple of kgs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 on goes another couple of kgs Relatively insignificant as a % gain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoSS Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Nige- dont supposed you have dimensioned drawing for that? I actually quite like it (and my coil packs are cable tied to the oil filler & cooling hose respectiely at the moment, whilst they await a new home) Jon do you have a pic of your packs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I'll dig the camera out at some point and take some! Cheers Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8RRC Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Need some of these : Been to Demon Tweeks and to Merlain catalogues -silly money !!!! Any ideas as to where to buy a load without being fleeced and sniggered at for the privelidge ? Nige Nige, I have 4 of these kicking about they came with a fan I brought! PM me your address & you can have them FOC as I doubt I will use them Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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