Re: OT: Electric cooling Fan update

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Mark Price wrote:

> I installed an electric cooling fan on My S-10 in February or so this year.
> [...]

I wish someone made an electric clutch, like an A/C compressor
clutch, that drives a water-pump mounted fan. Then you could
install a massively agressive pitch fan with enough reliable HP to
turn it -- but only when you needed it, with a thermostat.

I always thought that on the later AMCs with TF autos, the TCS
(transmission controlled spark) swtich would be perfect for
disabling an electric fan.  The switch closes (or opens, I forget)
at 35 MPH, pretty much when you're getting a radiator full of air
from forward motion alone.