Van thermostat housing on LBZ
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I've read threads in that past that say electric fans won't cool these trucks enough when it's really hot?
I have an LMM, not sure how much difference there is on them. But I had issues with the hose running on fan shroud and dual cp3 pully. I trimmed the shroud when the hose ran. I also cut some off the hose so it would pull away from the cp3.
I have electric fans on my lbz. no overheating issues. hell, the fans dont even run 90% of the time.
I trimmed about 1" off each end of the hose to get it to fit
I trimmed about 1" off each end of the hose to get it to fit
Bumping this up. What is the short aluminum oil fill tube from and anyone have a part number for it? Or where to get something similar?
You can use an lb7/ lly oil fill of you can find one. That's how mine is.
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Ya the motor is an lly but i am making myself a new thermostat housing and need the short fill tube in order to gain clearance to make it how i want.
If your making a housing go ahead and cut the tube down and weld it back together.. It's free
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The aluminum ones are annoying. The filler hole is very small and have to use a transmission funnel to fill them.
Yeah the fill tubes suck. Better off really to just use a long funnel and pull the filler off while filling oil
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anyone running this setup with flex-a-lite fans? I think I may have burnt up the DS fan motor yesterday. It was idling while I was talking to someone and I could smell an electrical fire, lifted hood and fan was smoking so I disconnected them, turns out my rad hose was tight against the fan so it wouldn't spin..anyone know what else I could do other than zip tie it to the radiator? I have 1/16" between the compressor and hose now as it sat on the fan..
I did the same thing, but I also added a zip tie through the metal top plate to ensure it can't ever make contact. In case anyone uses zip ties in the engine compartment, make sure they're nylon.
Thanks man, I'll have to twist it up some more..I put another zip tie on it and it's better but I'm afraid it will fall some and rub, ill loosen clamp when it cools down and try to rotate it some
If you want to be fancy, do something like a felt lined hose clamp and I guarantee that won't loosen.
I don't think the clamp loosened, I think the heavy duty zip tie I had on there just got soft when hose heated up and sagged, I wish there was a way I could do a stainless braided hose or something that had a better fit..
I did the same thing on a set I installed last weekend. Zip tied it too
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