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In an otherwise pristine engine bay, the fan in my '73S has, over time, lost its fresh appearance. With that in mind, I'm looking for your suggestions as to the ideal 'recipe' for refinishing the fan and keeping it looking great; essentially as it would have appeared from new.
Chuck (Miller), seems like I've seen shots of yours that looked really nice. All ideas are welcomed. Thanks.
Soda blast and then treat with Gibb's.
E-mail sent Ed......
Cheers,
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Oh come on, Chuck. No keeping secrests from those of us on the knowledge quest, please:D
Ed,I had this one powder coated five years ago.
Not trying to be evasive JP... I wish I knew... :o
My mechanic, Richard Dick, does a process that I'm not sure what it is or how he does it... but he's done it for a few concourse cars...and he might do it for others...
PM me if you want to set something up...
Cheers
Hello,
I carefully polished mine and then clear powder coated it along with the shroud, and valve covers. Not stock, but to me attractive and it Pops!
Tom
If one is going to an original look than the less handled the better. The original modeled look with a replated fan pulley is the best. Anything done to the surface in terms of polish or sanding simply ruins a fan and housing to a point that it cannot be original ever again, not even close. Obviously personal taste but Iam not a fan of the polished, painted, manipulated, sanded fans or housings particularly on a car where original is the goal. For best results, tumbling in ceramic media is the best result for these parts hands down. The tumbling process can preserve the modeled look of the original alloy.
how can you get powder coating off of a fan to return to that original look?
Ed, when we did the fan on my T engine we first powdercoated it silver/grey for durability. Then sprayed it with Tectyl, a cosmoline type product, to try to replicate the factory finish coating that was applied, at least apparently to cars that were being shipped overseas. The bigger picture is my fan, the thumbnail is from Gallogly's very low miles, original Tangerine E which is one of several I used as "original".
Be happy to donate a spray can of the Tectyl if you decide to go that route.
37yearold,
Just bead blast the powder coating off.
Good luck, Tom
Bead blasting will ruin the original finish under the coating. Your best bet is chemical, even then you odds are not good. It is rare I see a good fan-housing combo, most have been ruined by owners painting, plating, sanding, and generally screwing them up. These are not Chevy's or Fords. A correct fan has a natural modeled bare metal look on both fan and housing. In addition they need to be kept oiled to prevent corrosion.
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Hey Ed, I just bought a commercial grade soda blaster, Petter supply carries the media. Just let me know and I will powder coat your fan, and housing if you wish. Here is mine on the E I sold. Ive got several different shades of silver powder coat to choose from. Bill
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u137/WM711/001-4.jpg
Nothing on this one. Cleaned and left alone. "Mottled"; No glass, no abrasives. Satisfying but dirty work.
Tom
How many other production cars came with magnesium parts on their engines in the sixties? If you have a nice fan, it's just not right to tart it up, they already look cool. Many are corroded or already ruined, that's another story. The VW guys are paying good money, and snapping up all the spares out there.
Where would one be able to find the tectyl coating mentioned earlier in this thread? TIA.
Sorry, should have a done a search first before posting. Here is a link to a tectyl retailer:
http://www.mil-specproducts.com/bran...FSTLiQodxmG9cw
Unfortunately, they show no less than at least 30 different types of Tectyl listed. Anyone know which one is appropriate for the application discussed here?
Hi
I refinished my fan, I removed the centre pulley and had it plated I had the fan and housing chromated and then riveted the pulley back into the fan, its been on the car for about 700 miles so far and no problems.
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Kind Regards
John PM sent
Thanks SITHOT for posting the only correct fan on this thread. That is the standard.
I wanted to go for the stock look as well. Here are before and after pictures of the fan and housing. All it took was bit of oldfashioned cleaning and polishing.
My idea is just to apply a finishing touch of wd40 to the unit before I install it.