 Are these metal fan screens still available?, Craigslist picture |
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| billh1963 |
 Sep 26 2012, 01:39 PM
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Car Hoarder!  Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States  |
This picture was in a craigslist ad for a 914. This looks like a metal screen versus the VW plastic one you usually see (or maybe this is just a very dirty plastic one). Was this ever a Porsche option or always VW aftermarket? Just curious.......
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i268.photobucket.com-12871-1348688374.1.jpg) |
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| SLITS |
Sep 26 2012, 01:41 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
Not metal ... they're plastic.
Don't know if you can still buy them. I have one somewhere. |
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| billh1963 |
Sep 26 2012, 01:43 PM
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Car Hoarder! Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States |
They look like a good idea. I've read the stories of people sucking in plastic bags or dropping tools in there. Looks like a way to keep that from happening!
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| jsayre914 |
Sep 26 2012, 02:05 PM
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Speed Up !!! Group: Members Posts: 3,188 Joined: 10-February 08 From: Timonium MD 21093 Member No.: 8,696 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I just did a google search, seems like out of stock everywhere, but used ones are plentifull.
part number 021 119 207 |
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| carr914 |
Sep 26 2012, 02:25 PM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 118,694 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States  |
I sucked a plastic bag in once, took me a long time to figure out why it was running Hot - this is a good idea.
Calling Mikey! |
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| gothspeed |
Sep 26 2012, 02:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,539 Joined: 3-February 09 From: SoCal Member No.: 10,019 Region Association: None |
I could use one of those too ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| zonedoubt |
Sep 26 2012, 04:50 PM
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Canadian Member Group: Members Posts: 668 Joined: 14-May 03 From: Vancouver, BC Member No.: 696 Region Association: Canada |
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| Dave_Darling |
Sep 26 2012, 04:53 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,986 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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I thought they were Bus parts?
--DD |
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| ConeDodger |
Sep 26 2012, 04:54 PM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 23,589 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Sep 26 2012, 02:53 PM)  I thought they were Bus parts? --DD It is a bus part... I'm not sure why but I have heard it will run hotter with this? Again, not sure how that could be but... |
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| JStroud |
Sep 26 2012, 08:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,463 Joined: 15-January 11 From: Galt, California Member No.: 12,594 Region Association: Northern California |
I bought one last year from busdepot.com I think. Was going to put it on my new engine....put engine in.... forgot I had it...still in the box (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
Jeff |
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| '73-914kid |
Sep 27 2012, 09:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,473 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Vista, CA Member No.: 9,714 Region Association: Southern California |
They're more useful on vanagons/busses simply for dropping tools, and preventing sockets and such from being dropped into a running fan, like my coworker did on a running vanagon when we had the plastic screen off doing a belt change (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) For us though, it would work great for keeping the debris out of the fan.
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| eyesright |
Sep 27 2012, 11:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 430 Joined: 8-January 12 From: OK Member No.: 13,979 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I removed the heater fan and plugged the heater inlets with grease rags. That seemed pretty secure . I checked them now and then and drove it that way for months. Then late one summer day my engine quit--rattled for a few weconds then siezed. I opened the deck lid thinking maybe I had run out of oil for some reason, but things were way too hot to handle or even poke around.
As soon as I saw one of the grease rags missing from the heater inlet, I knew exactly what had happened. When things cooled down a bit I retrieved the grease rag from the fan. Bought new jugs and heads...ouch. Even the fan cage may not have helped when one is in extreme idiot mode. Now I use aluminum tape over the inlets. I like to use a small mirror when checking timing. Once I dropped the mirror into the fan....d'oh! The fan cage would have bailed me out of that one. |
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