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BrainFartHeadache
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 Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:06 pm Post subject: Fan shroud lever? |
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There is a small lever on the lower right of the shroud, behind the intake runner, and looks to have a cable attached to it at one time. I assume this helps cool the engine, so without being hooked to a cable, which way should the lever go for best cooling? What should this be hooked up to?
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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It connects via a cable to a valve on the air cleaner that controls if the engine gets cold air or warm air to the carb.
Do not mess with it because if it jams closed the thermostat will not open the flaps in the shroud and you can cook your engine.
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| Do not mess with it because if it jams closed the thermostat will not open the flaps in the shroud |
Just use it as an indicator that the flaps are moving. Cold, lever points one way. Hot, lever points other way.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:23 am Post subject: |
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Lever leaning to the right means flaps are open and cooling the engine.
Lever more straight up means closed.
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BrainFartHeadache
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:54 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, it is leaning to the right so now i won't "test" which way works better, and just leave it alone.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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your lucky, mine has missing thermostat.
so goes nowhere.
flops at random.
im hooking up a remote cable to min, with cold start label.
PO lost my STAT.
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