Todat was a bad day, pulled a pdd
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Today was a bad day, pulled a pdd
Sorry Pat 
, but much like you, I now have a hole through the hood were my alt cooling fan broke during burnout and flew through the hood 
. At least no one was hurt!!!!!!! Fan made a nice surgical 1" long and 1/8" wide slice on the underside, and created a 3" diameter mess on the topside. Well I always wanted to try my fiberglass skills on a hood
Top that off with an $84 illegal window tint ticket
, but much like you, I now have a hole through the hood were my alt cooling fan broke during burnout and flew through the hood . At least no one was hurt!!!!!!! Fan made a nice surgical 1" long and 1/8" wide slice on the underside, and created a 3" diameter mess on the topside. Well I always wanted to try my fiberglass skills on a hood Top that off with an $84 illegal window tint ticket
Last edited by JoeyG; Jul 26, 2005 at 10:28 AM.
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Man that sucks...any idea what caused it to let loose or is it something we can all look forward to? Also sorry about the ticket, I guess they have to keep you real criminals in check so you do not take over the world 
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damn...reminds me of the clutch letting go in my 79 RX-7 tearing the whole left side of the bell housing out and putting a nice dent in my hood....nice loud *bang* followed by me saying WTF!!!! and fluid all over the ground
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Originally Posted by vette020
That sucks!! Will you be able to show in Independence next month??
I run a custom 220Amp alt for the stereo and everything else. Looks like the alt pulley nut loosened just enough to let the fan walk forward/rearward. This was just enough movement to let the fan graze the power steering braket and fracture the external cooling fan blades. Pics will be up tonight, as I don't want to look at the damn thing right now
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Wow,
Must be the season for alternator fans to let loose. I had a similar incident with my C4. I went to a plastic fan.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...89&forum_id=90
Must be the season for alternator fans to let loose. I had a similar incident with my C4. I went to a plastic fan.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...89&forum_id=90