<VV> Cut- Down Fan

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

Del........

Corvairs of New Mexico started an sub chapter called dummies of the month 
because Del did this twice.

Dennis"like I've never done anything dumb" Pleau

At 07:10 PM 5/6/2005, Rick & Janet Norris wrote:
>Well Hey,
>All this wind about fans and talk of experienced Corvair persons 
>overlooking the obvious brings to mind something I did last week.
>I currently have the whole works out of my 69 to change the flywheel along 
>with a "hundred" other "while it's out" things. I replaced the upper fan 
>bearing and housing and after torquing it all down I grabbed the  chromed 
>"turkey roaster" and began bolting it on and admiring how nice and shiney 
>it looked.
>After tightening the last bolt I kind of stepped back to get a better look 
>at my handy work when something didn't look right. Then the obvious hit 
>me. I forgot to bolt the fan on first! Now, I am no novice to Corvair 
>wrenching but how OBVIUOS was that? As I was chuckling at my omission I 
>thought, I wonder how many other well experienced Corvair mechanics have 
>done the same thing? Well? I'm sure I'm not alone here!
>
>Rick Norris
>First President CORSA 1971
>Email rickjanet at charter.net
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