problem NOT solved! HELP

[67HEAVEN]

Our Border Collie's head reads 83* but his back is only 79*

Can you perform a rectal with one of those?

 

[BarryK]

Can you perform a rectal with one of those?

sure can.......... bend over!

 

[BarryK]

So you guys going to Napa and AutoZone to get a fan clutch for @ $40 - got a part number? I need one, called the Napa and the Zone only to get a "good luck finding that".

Geek

the NAPA part # is 273370. It was $46.00
it's made by Hayden
might not be as good as the Eaton part but if it works I'll be happy and it's a lot less money

 

[Geek's 65]

Thanks for the part number Barry. You're a star. Alas last night I had a young girl back out into my 65 in a parking lot so I will have to wait a bit before I get the chance to change my fan clutch. ARRRRGHH!!

 

[BarryK]

OUCH!!!
sorry to hear that but I know how you feel. I only had my '65 for a little over 3 weeks when I was sitting at a redlight and the idiot in FRONT of me decided he wanted to change lanesso he backed up.....and kept backing up right into the front of my car. Keep in mind My car only had about 500 miles on it after completing a full body-off restoration when i bought it so it spent 6 weeks back in the restoration shop getting the front repaired.

I hope she didn't do too much damage to your car and the fiberglass. Make sure you use a good shop that knows older Vettes very well and make her company pay whatever the amount it to get it fixed correctly, no matter how much it may be!

BTW, as long as it's going to be in the shop anyway getting repaired, it would be a good time to run over there and see if they will let you install the new fan clutch since you won't be driving it anyway during the repairs

good luck!

 

[JohnZ]

the NAPA part # is 273370. It was $46.00
it's made by Hayden
might not be as good as the Eaton part but if it works I'll be happy and it's a lot less money

Barry, see my "tip" in your other "My New Tools" thread to simplify the installation of your fan clutch when you decide to change it. Glad to see you don't have a real cooling problem at all, but now you have the basic tools you need to diagnose and do minor maintenance and tune-up work on the car yourself. Everyone here is always ready to support you and help you learn - we all went through the same thing at one time or another, but it took a lot longer without the internet!

 

[BarryK]

John, Thank you. I just saw your post in theother thread and replied.

yep, having the tools will help in the future at least and with the vacuum gauge i can now go back and do the timing as per your paper that i couldn't before before because i didn't have all the right tools

 

[Viet Nam Vett]

Well ..ithe importnt thing here is ...It works..... Now drive it to Carlisle....:L

 

[BarryK]

Well ..ithe importnt thing here is ...It works..... Now drive it to Carlisle....:L

Carlisle plans are now on again - was STRONGLY thinking of cancelling if I didn't get this worked out.
Even got my window sticker in the mail yesterday

 

[Geek's 65]

Barry, Took your number to Napa today, found out it had been superceded by a new number, 273325, and bought my fan clutch. Put it on (that trick of John Z's to put that cut off bolt in there to help align everything is the bomb!!) and drove it in slow town traffic during the middle of the day. What a difference. No issues at all with the heat at all. When you come back to do it you will be a happy man.

Geek

 

[BarryK]

Geek

glad it worked out. Paul (Subfixer) VERY GENEROUSLY offered to help me change mine out while we are at Carlisle so I'm bringing mine with me and some various tools and we will see if that helps make a difference on my car also.

 

[ZRGator]

Barry..if that was the original fan clutch unit, don't dump it. Talk to Tony or me when I get there about the fan clutch class we had at his shop and how hard it is to find the original type fan clutch units. Rick probably remembers the class, too. See you Friday.

 

[IH2LOSE]

Geek

glad it worked out. Paul (Subfixer) VERY GENEROUSLY offered to help me change mine out while we are at Carlisle so I'm bringing mine with me and some various tools and we will see if that helps make a difference on my car also.

Barry

Have Paul only watch this is definatley a job you can do yourself. I dont know if you own a set yet but this is definatley a job for some ratcheting box wrenches.

 

[ctjackster]

Barry

Have Paul only watch this is definatley a job you can do yourself. I dont know if you own a set yet but this is definatley a job for some ratcheting box wrenches.

It would be (just swapped out a water pump last night) and the thought occured to me the first time I did that sort of job (and I just had to try it again since it would have made life easier) but the set I have is just a little too fat to get on the bolts that hold the fan clutch to the water pump - intereference issue. Your results may differ. I guess I need to get a set that has gone on a diet.

There certainly ARE places where a ratcheting box wrench is an absolute godsend though.

 

[Subfixer]

Call me old fashioned if you like, but I have not found any need for those ratcheting wrenches on these old cars. Although I will eventually get a set to work on some of the newer cars out there (the wife's BMW comes to mind), those wrenches weren't even invented back when our old C2's were built and no one seemed to have a problem then.
I find that using the old tools is just as much a Zen experience as working on my old car. Very relaxing.

 

[BarryK]

Dennis, I don't know if the one on the car currently is an original or not but was planning on keeping it to be on the safe side incase it was. If it turns out to be original maybe it can be rebuilt and eventually put back on. Once we get it off and replaced i'm sure somebody will be able to identify it as original or not.

Larry, yes, I do want to do most of the work myself - well, as much as possible - but having Paul to supervise my first time will help my confidence level a LOT so I know i'm not screwing up or doing anything wrong. I have regular socket ratchets and regular wrenches but not any ratchet wrenches. I already pulled the bolts 3 times using a regular wrench with no problem.

 

[ctjackster]

Call me old fashioned if you like, but I have not found any need for those ratcheting wrenches on these old cars. Although I will eventually get a set to work on some of the newer cars out there (the wife's BMW comes to mind), those wrenches weren't even invented back when our old C2's were built and no one seemed to have a problem then.
I find that using the old tools is just as much a Zen experience as working on my old car. Very relaxing.

One example: removing the radiator fan shroud - at least one of those bolts on the p-side (all of which come in from the front) is blocked by the horn I think - the ratcheting box wrench is the only way to get it off, reasonably (aside from removing the grill and removing the horn, I guess

 

[Subfixer]

One example: removing the radiator fan shroud - at least one of those bolts on the p-side (all of which come in from the front) is blocked by the horn I think - the ratcheting box wrench is the only way to get it off, reasonably (aside from removing the grill and removing the horn, I guess

Yup, I know about that one..... I just take the extra 1-2 minutes and remove the horn, then the bolt comes right out.

Working on this car is like anti-stress therapy for me. If I have to move something to get some other thing out from behind it, then that's what I do. I just keep it simple.

 

[ctjackster]

I agree with the thereapy thing - my wife doesn't get it though - "you working on that car again? What's broken now?" I try to tell her nothing is broken, I am just improving something (and actually rather enjoyning myself) but she doesn't understand.

 

[BarryK]

well, I'd love to get in the same frame of mind as you guys but i'm sure it will be a while yet until I do. So far, me working on the car causes stress for me simply because I know I have no idea what i'm doing and I'm afraid of screwing something up. Of course, it's still less stress that in the past after paying a mechanic big bucks to work on it for me to only find out after I get it back that it still isn't right or it's in worst shape than before I took it to them in the first place - now THAT stresses me out BIG TIME!