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Can a rag get pass the type 4 fan?, Today's public service announcement. |
Mark Henry |
Jan 28 2021, 02:13 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
Why yes it can. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
Cause of 2.0 dropped seat solved, although the grease between the cylinders didn't help either. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Mark Henry |
Jan 28 2021, 02:25 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
The way we found it.
Attached thumbnail(s) |
johnhora |
Jan 28 2021, 02:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 867 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Derby City KY Member No.: 107 Region Association: None |
It's definitely amazing what you can find in there...
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914_teener |
Jan 28 2021, 03:28 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,205 Joined: 31-August 08 From: So. Cal Member No.: 9,489 Region Association: Southern California |
There's a member in So Cal who left a rag near the shroud while working on the car and forgot.
Found it later after the valves went south on one of the heads. They will remain nameless. |
GregAmy |
Jan 28 2021, 03:49 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,311 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States |
gadammit.
I've installed these on both my cars. Saved me from myself a couple times. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N7HS3X5 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com-15565-1611870585.1.jpg) |
Spoke |
Jan 28 2021, 05:45 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,992 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
I did that once with my 911. I had a towel on the back bumper while I worked on the engine. It started up real nice then made some nasty sounds. The towel didn't make it past the fan belt and got jammed in the crank pulley. I had to cut the belt to get things free.
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Mark Henry |
Jan 29 2021, 10:33 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
So far on this engine, #3 intake seat dropped, kissed the piston top and it has bus pistons. Plus although this engine internally doesn't look very old the lifters are flat, when they should be slightly convex.
So it looks like this one will be a full build. |
ClayPerrine |
Jan 29 2021, 10:44 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,523 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
I did that once with my 911. I had a towel on the back bumper while I worked on the engine. It started up real nice then made some nasty sounds. The towel didn't make it past the fan belt and got jammed in the crank pulley. I had to cut the belt to get things free. Yep.. we all make mistakes. Years ago, when I still had a 2.0 in my red car, I accidentally knocked a small pair of vice grips into the fan and didn't notice it. When I started the car, it made a horrible racket. I shut it down quick. But not before it trashed the fan. I ended up pulling the injection and engine tin, and spent hours picking bits of the fan out of the cylinder and head fins. Luckily I had another fan to replace it. Funny.. the the vice grips were fine. I still have them and use them. Mistakes are how you learn. Hopefully your mistakes aren't too expensive. Clay |
iankarr |
Jan 29 2021, 10:50 AM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K Group: Members Posts: 2,481 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
I don't look at them as mistakes....I see them as "tuition" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Plus, life would be boring if everything went as planned. There'd be no great stories. Or pics. |
ClayPerrine |
Jan 29 2021, 10:58 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,523 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
I don't look at them as mistakes....I see them as "tuition" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Plus, life would be boring if everything went as planned. There'd be no great stories. Or pics. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) But there would also be no having to explain to the wife why you are pulling the motor out of your 914 that was running fine a few minutes ago...... Or that you are going to have to spend $$$$$ to fix it because you did something stupid. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif) |
colingreene |
Jan 29 2021, 12:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 17-October 13 From: Southern California Member No.: 16,526 Region Association: Southern California |
I was going to say it absolutely can.
Or if you have a beetle, the fan will shred it and evenly distribute it all over the top of the motor. |
SKL1 |
Jan 29 2021, 12:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,607 Joined: 19-February 11 From: north Scottsdale Member No.: 12,732 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I bet most of us who work on our cars have a story like that... of course I don't... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Shivers |
Jan 29 2021, 01:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,434 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
I put one of those center mounted, single two barrel intake systems on my car once, that thing was a mechanical disaster. Does that count?
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Mark Henry |
Jan 29 2021, 02:41 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
Only thing I can smile about is it wasn't my fault.
I had a similar job with a guy who put dryer sheets in the engine bay, expensive rodent deterrent. |
windforfun |
Jan 29 2021, 02:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,841 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Blackhawk, CA Member No.: 8,476 Region Association: None |
This is why they count the tools when you go in for surgery. A friend of a friend keeled over & died because they left a tool inside of her abdomen.
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pt_700 |
Jan 29 2021, 03:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,094 Joined: 4-March 10 From: san jose, ca Member No.: 11,430 Region Association: Northern California |
+1 on the bus fan grill.
once had the heat blower hose get sucked in there, while on a busy freeway with nowhere safe to pull over, in 95 degree heat... |
Root_Werks |
Jan 29 2021, 04:00 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,337 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
The rag shows the air flow. Found all sorts of things and critter nests under cooling tin. Never a rag though!
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FlacaProductions |
Jan 29 2021, 05:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,618 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California |
What's involved with adding the bus fan grill?
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913B |
Jan 29 2021, 06:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 847 Joined: 25-April 05 From: South Bay/SoCal Member No.: 3,983 Region Association: None |
That grill is some great insurance. I want one.
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FlacaProductions |
Jan 29 2021, 06:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,618 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California |
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