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Ah yes....thermostatic fans clutches. It reminds me of one of the more stupid automotive repairs I did in my youth. The fan clutch on my 1962 Olds Starfire went bad, so I made some brackets from angle iron and had them welded in place so that the pulley, clutch, and fan were locked together. It solved my over heating problem for a few weeks. Then one day , out on the Florida turnpike at 70 miles per hour, one of the bracket welds broke , and the bracket flew off. That created an imbalance in the fan, and in a few seconds it tore the water pump right out of the engine . It was a minor miracle that no other damage was done in the engine compartment. I called a friend , and he towed me home with a towbar. I haven't made any more "custom" fan components since !
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Love those Starfires
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