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Alan 71 - if you see this, please message me. I need your engine bay pictures!
I looked at an old post but they were stored on photobucket and now I can't see them.
Alan has been gone (and missed) for a couple of years now and it really doesn't look like he's coming back, (I was hoping maybe he just took a break)
Maybe try NCRS or ask specific questions, there's a lot of people on here who also have nice, original, and restored cars
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Alan 71 - if you see this, please message me. I need your engine bay pictures!
I looked at an old post but they were stored on photobucket and now I can't see them.
I've been saving some of Alan 71's photos. Do these help?
Last edited by 71 Green 454; 03-08-2020 at 11:24 AM.
That's too bad about Alan - he was a great help and always so friendly.
Thanks 71 Green! Those are helpful. Right now I'm working on the radiator fan...do you happen to know what that is supposed to look like? Are the blades black? Metal? How about the center hub where the blades connect? What color? Looks like the fan clutch is a shiny metal from these pictures....
That's too bad about Alan - he was a great help and always so friendly.
Thanks 71 Green! Those are helpful. Right now I'm working on the radiator fan...do you happen to know what that is supposed to look like? Are the blades black? Metal? How about the center hub where the blades connect? What color? Looks like the fan clutch is a shiny metal from these pictures....
The fan is metal, painted black. The fan clutch is not painted. Here is a photo of my '71 LS5 fan and clutch, just how they left the factory.
Do you have Dropbox I could send you a version of the 70-72 information manual with lots of detailed information.
For the L-46 engine the fan shroud were a fiber glass and resin in a black look produced by Union Carbide Corporations last 3 digits were 109 of its part number. The fan was a gloss black and the fan clutch was natural aluminum and steel. Other then most typical green balance paint marking.
Do you have Dropbox I could send you a version of the 70-72 information manual with lots of detailed information.
For the L-46 engine the fan shroud were a fiber glass and resin in a black look produced by Union Carbide Corporations last 3 digits were 109 of its part number. The fan was a gloss black and the fan clutch was natural aluminum and steel. Other then most typical green balance paint marking.
That would be awesome - I do have Dropbox...how should I get that to you (safely)?
The finned aluminum fan thermostatic unit is bare aluminum....and it should stay that way. It needs to 'read' and 'transfer' heat to the coil within, so the unit can function properly at the appropriate temperature. I perfer to paint bare metal parts (alternator case, etc), but that fan unit remains bare. Once it oxidizes to a dull gray, it stays that way--and it keeps 'doing its thing'.
I have been wondering what happened to Alan but didn't want to ask. I feared the worse. He was getting up there in age. Hope all the best to him, his car was spotless.
03-08-2020, 11:02 AM
Need Alan 71 engine bay pictures
