Kill the grass!!
grass in grill
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From: seymour 10-e-c
St. Jude Donor '10-'11-'12-'13-'14
grass in grill
hello to everyone on the forum i hope we all survied winter
i live down a grass drive my 99 is sucking grass into the radiator
really bad can i install a manual switch on the fans for this 500 ft drive
and if so where
thanks
gorghamak
i live down a grass drive my 99 is sucking grass into the radiator
really bad can i install a manual switch on the fans for this 500 ft drive
and if so where
thanks
gorghamak
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From: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The fan running would probably cause you to suck up more grass. I would do the screen over the opening. You can buy aluminum screen used in home construction at the Home Depot for about $7 for a piece about 2' x 8', enough to make a bunch for yourself and your friends. If you check out some of the vendors sites you can see how it installs. A couple of them even sell their kit for about $50 and it's made from the same $2 worth of screen. BTW, before the screen I once found a Mickey D's french fry container up in my radiator.
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From: Morgantown WV
The fan running would probably cause you to suck up more grass. I would do the screen over the opening. You can buy aluminum screen used in home construction at the Home Depot for about $7 for a piece about 2' x 8', enough to make a bunch for yourself and your friends. If you check out some of the vendors sites you can see how it installs. A couple of them even sell their kit for about $50 and it's made from the same $2 worth of screen. BTW, before the screen I once found a Mickey D's french fry container up in my radiator.
How about just killing the grass on your drive?
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From: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The screen I was writing about is not a fine screen mesh like on a window, it is a larger type of diamond shaped holes that are used in plaster walls, I think. It has no negative affect on airflow whatsoever, my car still runs cool with it installed. If anything, it probably stays running cool longer because no trash can be sucked up into the radiator core.
Last edited by striper; Mar 21, 2009 at 02:54 AM. Reason: error
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