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Im wondering if my fan clutch is bad...
Ive only had one ever fail, and that was on my 77, and when it failed it kept the fan engaged all the time...
But if you read my other thread "temp issues" youll see the issue im having. I had a feeling it was electrical untill last night when i spun the fan by hand and it seemed like there was no resistance there at all, the one on my 77 has some resistance to it.
What its doing is when you stop the gauge spikes up after you idle for 30-60 seconds, however, i noticed yesterday it seemed to be running around the "o" in normal, but then when i stopped it spiked to the top of the normal band (highest it has so far) for about 5-10 seconds, then it dropped back to "r". The oil pressure also dropped back to just under 1/2 way. The fuel gauge also spikes/drops during all this.
But oddly it was running up around "o" going down the road when warm, but the oil pressure was also around "n".
I know factory gauges arent great. But im just trying to figure out if its actually a mechanical problem. Ive felt the hoses and they dont feel abnormally hot, and the system is building pressure.
Ive only had one ever fail, and that was on my 77, and when it failed it kept the fan engaged all the time...
But if you read my other thread "temp issues" youll see the issue im having. I had a feeling it was electrical untill last night when i spun the fan by hand and it seemed like there was no resistance there at all, the one on my 77 has some resistance to it.
What its doing is when you stop the gauge spikes up after you idle for 30-60 seconds, however, i noticed yesterday it seemed to be running around the "o" in normal, but then when i stopped it spiked to the top of the normal band (highest it has so far) for about 5-10 seconds, then it dropped back to "r". The oil pressure also dropped back to just under 1/2 way. The fuel gauge also spikes/drops during all this.
But oddly it was running up around "o" going down the road when warm, but the oil pressure was also around "n".
I know factory gauges arent great. But im just trying to figure out if its actually a mechanical problem. Ive felt the hoses and they dont feel abnormally hot, and the system is building pressure.
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