Was wondering if anyone other than Brian Koerner has had trouble with putting the fan into their radiator. Last year the last day of the Coal Miner Cruiser Classic I banzaied through a long deep mud puddle, no problem for the piggy...........but about 100 yards down the trail I smelled anti-freeze. Bif time. When the steam started to come out from under the hood I checked and there was a massive hole in my radiator where the fan damaged it. Couldn't get the hole patched and had to be owed to the staging area.
I had the rad recored ($400) and I believe the shop did a great job. Driving the truck the last six months it has worked just fine. We had a club run at Paragon two weeks ago and the truck worked great, went through some deep water a few times without incident. One evening last week I had to drag a local out of a hole in the woods behind my house, it was a very cold night ('bout ten degrees). After pulling him loose I saw steam coming out from under the hood. Found that the fan had once again dug a hell of a hole in my newly recored radiator. Not happy.
My truck engine and radiator wise is bone stock. No body lift at all although I am sprung over. The engine is a stock 2F with plastic fan that bolts right to the water pump with the double row pulley in between. When the rad is in place and without the engine running (!!!) there's about 1 inch of clearance between the fan blades and the rad.
Has anyone else had trouble like this with their piggy? I thought the first time it happened it might have been because I had removed the splash pan under the radiator and frint of the engine, but lasdt week when the problem reoccurred the splash pan was properly bolted into place. Can anyone offer any suggestions or let me know if this is a somewhat common problem! Shmukster (Gary S)
By the way I tried to test fit a 60 series rad in their after removing my original, the 60 rad actually was closer to the fan blade than the stock rad and of course the mounting holes in the rad frame didn't match those in the piggy's rad support. Thought I might get away cheap there. Has anyone out there installed a 60 series rad in a 55?
I had the rad recored ($400) and I believe the shop did a great job. Driving the truck the last six months it has worked just fine. We had a club run at Paragon two weeks ago and the truck worked great, went through some deep water a few times without incident. One evening last week I had to drag a local out of a hole in the woods behind my house, it was a very cold night ('bout ten degrees). After pulling him loose I saw steam coming out from under the hood. Found that the fan had once again dug a hell of a hole in my newly recored radiator. Not happy.
My truck engine and radiator wise is bone stock. No body lift at all although I am sprung over. The engine is a stock 2F with plastic fan that bolts right to the water pump with the double row pulley in between. When the rad is in place and without the engine running (!!!) there's about 1 inch of clearance between the fan blades and the rad.
Has anyone else had trouble like this with their piggy? I thought the first time it happened it might have been because I had removed the splash pan under the radiator and frint of the engine, but lasdt week when the problem reoccurred the splash pan was properly bolted into place. Can anyone offer any suggestions or let me know if this is a somewhat common problem! Shmukster (Gary S)
By the way I tried to test fit a 60 series rad in their after removing my original, the 60 rad actually was closer to the fan blade than the stock rad and of course the mounting holes in the rad frame didn't match those in the piggy's rad support. Thought I might get away cheap there. Has anyone out there installed a 60 series rad in a 55?
