[Changing the cooling fan.]

I have been able to remove the cooling fan by working from underneath the car. It has been a difficult and time consuming task (about two hours)… but it can be done.

 

It has been necessary to undo the bolts at the radiator bottom, to move it forward for getting some more space for removing the four fan bolts (if they had been a little shorter, this job would not have been necessary).

 

Now I only have to install the six-blade fan and keep fingers crossed during the summer…

 

Jesus

[Is this a tropical fan?]

Hello,

 

As promised here are two photos comparing my original 4-blade fan with the 6-blade “tropical” one (after cosmetic restoration).

 

As it can be seen, despite its larger diameter, the 4-blade fan is practically flat, so I wonder how much flow it will produce.

 

Jesus

 

 

[Changing the cooling fan.]

Hello,

 

Planning the removal of the cooling fan with the engine in the engine bay, it seems easier to be done from underneath the car, where no other elements are in the way.

 

Can somebody confirm if this procedure is more convenient?

 

Thanks.

 

Jesús

[Changing the cooling fan.]

Thanks for your comments, Richard.

 

Yes, my car overheated the last time I drove it in the city on a hot day. Aside from no electrical fan, I have kept all the original cooling elements, but they have been reconditioned.

 

I hope to solve the problem with a six-blade fan.

 

Jesús

[Is this a tropical fan?]

Hola Jesus

 

As you know I have a Kenlowe suction fan, but mine still got hot until recently when I installed the air duct behind the grill, and since then it has been running too cold even with no fan running at all, so now I must either install a full thermostat (mine has no centre at present) or change the restrictor in the bye pass hose.

I will do this after summer when we get the hottest days to see if it still runs too cold and that will be after I get back from 2 months in Canada.

Incidentally, I made my ducting from 2mm. aluminium and included a top plate to further direct all air through the radiator, and to make it all much more rigid. Also I have put two x 50mm.plastic tubes into the left hand side pate to take cold air direct to the carbs. one pipe for each and the breathing seems to be much better.

If you are interested I will e mail you a couple of photos showing the ducting installed in the apron BEFORE I put the apron back on the car.

Adios

 

Dave

 

Hello Dave,

 

Of course, I’ll love to see your photos.

 

Perhaps, posting them in the forum would be of benefit for the friends. If not practical, please send them to my email address.

 

Jesús

[Is this a tropical fan?]

Nice catch!. These are nice pics. I really would love to see the pic on the right again with the 4 blade fan next to it, so that we can compare 'depth' of the blades : the angle. It's not only the 4 vs 6 blades upgrade, but also the 'scoop' of the blade: a deeper (wider) scoop shifts more air towards the engine, hence a better cooling effect.

 

Menno

 

Hello Menno,

 

The pitch of my original fan is much smaller than in the 6-blade fan. In other words, the blades are very little angled so that they seem not very effective in drawing air.

 

When I will remove the 4-bladde fan from the car, I’ll take some photos comparing both fans.

 

Cheers.

 

Jesus

[Changing the cooling fan.]

Hello,

 

I wish to change the original four-blade fan in myTR3A for a “tropical” six-blade fan I had idling around the garage during the winter and spring.

 

Is it possible to do it straight with everything in the engine bay? Do I need to remove some part? Is there any caveat? Any risk?

 

I’ll appreciate any recommendation.

 

Thanks.

 

Jesús

 

 

[Is this a tropical fan?]

Thanks Viv for the comment on the fan swap.

 

I am going to open a new thread for asking about any special precaution for changing the fan, so to separate subjects...

 

Incidentally, I got that fan in the photos for 79 $ in ebay (not very cheap, indeed.,,,)

 

Jesús

[Is this a tropical fan?]

Thanks Tom and Alec for the confirmation.,

 

So, I should be able to attach this fan to the hub extension with no major problem, right?

(and perhaps even solve some overheating problem…).

 

Jesús

[Is this a tropical fan?]

Hello to all,

 

Please, can somebody confirm that the fan in the attached photos is a “tropical fan” for the TR3?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Jesús (starting to fight with high temperatures in the Mediterranean coast…)

 

 

[Internal door fittings, TR3A]

Here is another picture of the latch:

 

 

[Internal door fittings, TR3A]

Sorry Jesus - the "send message" box doesn't appear under your ID, if you have another pic, could you post it on here or send me a PM?

 

Thanks,

John

 

Let's make it easy, John:

 

Muy email :

 

jbenajes AT mot DOT upv DOT es

 

Jesús

[Internal door fittings, TR3A]

Hello,

 

Here is one photo of the original mechanism in my TR3A before restoration.

 

Jesus

[Internal door fittings, TR3A]

Hi John,

 

I can send to you some photos, if you give me your email address.

 

Additionally, I can try to post them here...

 

Jesús

[the Hardy Krüger's side-screens TR]

Hi Guy,

 

Thanks for the link to the film DVD.

 

I have been researching the film story, and it seems that classic cars mainly show up in the footage we can watch in your previous link.

 

There is an interesting and nostalgic scene when the gentleman refuels the TR3A, with the petrol price at 10,00 pesetas a litre (one euro was priced at more than 166 pesetas—petrol in Spain now more than 20 times more expensive..).

 

It is surprising that this film is not listed in the exhaustive Internet Movie Cars Database www.imcdb.org

 

Amitiés.

 

Jesús

[the Hardy Krüger's side-screens TR]

Merci, Guy,

 

Very interesting film, and cars, indeed, especially for us remembering those times in Spain.

 

Is it possible to watch somewhere the complete footage?

 

Jesús

[Windscreen plates]

Hi,

 

My post 60000 TR3A (USA export) has got the spacers/adapters described by Stan.

 

Jesus

[TR4A clutch on TR3A flywheel?]

Thanks Bob and Dave for your useful advice.

 

When I restored my TR3A, I only refurbished and adjusted the original coil spring cover. But now a friend here in Valencia needs to repair the clutch in his TR3A that he uses mainly for rallying, and since I have a left new TR4A cover, we were toying with the conversion.

 

Jesús

[TR4A clutch on TR3A flywheel?]

Thanks, Peter, for your quick and precise response.

 

As far as I know this is the least difficult way to convert to a diaphragm clutch, isn’t it?

 

Jesus

[TR4A clutch on TR3A flywheel?]

Hello,

 

What kind of machining must be done to the TR3A flywheel to install a TR4A diaphragm clutch cover?

 

Is the bolt pattern of both covers the same?

 

Thanks for your time and answers.

 

Jesus

[Tr3a H6 carbs Fuel filter......]

Guy,

 

I placed a glass filter close to the front carb, as you can see in the photos. It does not protect the pump, but it allows to somehow check the flow of fuel to the carbs, especially when priming the bowls after a long stop.

 

Jesús

[Drain hoses route under the scuttle]

Thanks, Don, for the useful information.

 

Jesus

[Drain hoses route under the scuttle]

Hello.

 

What is the route for the drain hoses from the vent box and the battery box? I suppose that they are joined together at some point before crossing the hole on the gearbox cover panel.

 

Any photos to illustrate?

 

Thanks for reading and for your help

 

Jesus

[stereo in the three]

Have you seen ebay item 160808580221 ?

 

Below is the complete link.

 

Jesus

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Triumph-TR3-Radio-/160808580221?hash=item2570f0347d&item=160808580221&pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr

[A Class Act]

Great video, Deggers!

 

I can show to my friends and say with proud:

 

"I've got one of them "

 

... and let them guess: a car, the house....the girl... or even the watch (after Menno's comment).

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Jesus