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Old 02-19-2010, 02:40 AM
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Default 993 engine fan overhaul - in pictures :)
I recently discussed how to refresh a tired-looking '95 engine fan & housing with Andy (Simpsoap). Mr. Soapy wanted to clean up his engine bay, and possibly inject some color at the same time. So I agreed to rework his fan & housing...

Once the setup (fan / housing / alternator) arrived, I looked it over and discovered that the alternator bearings were on their way out, and that the fan was making contact with the lower section of the housing. Andy quickly jumped on it and had a new alternator shipped to me within days.

To prepare the parts for paint, I carefully media blasted the fan & housing. This allowed any cracks (none) or flaws to show before prepping for paint. Once clean and washed, both items received several layers of self-etching primer, followed by paint. Everything used was from Duplicolor's 'High Temp' selection. The fan received primer/paint/clear.

I'm very pleased with how this project turned out. I worked on this when I could find the time throughout the last week and estimate that I spent around 8 hours completing it.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves:









































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Old 02-19-2010, 02:45 AM
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Very nice!! What shade of red is that, I'm thinking of doing my calipers?
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Very nice!! What shade of red is that, I'm thinking of doing my calipers?
Duplicolor High Temp engine paint - 'Chrysler Red'.


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Beautiful work Andreas, I love it. Why did I have to see this post! At least the materials are inexpensive, thanks for the inspiration
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Well done, Andreas!
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Hmmmm. Maybe a Rivi Blue fan and black housing in my future.

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Originally Posted by Arena993
Hmmmm. Maybe a Rivi Blue fan and black housing in my future.

Mike
Exactly

Nice job there Bro-A.
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Looks fantastic - great job Andre and congrats soapy!
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Originally Posted by pstraub
Beautiful work Andreas, I love it. Why did I have to see this post! At least the materials are inexpensive, thanks for the inspiration
My pleasure!

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MAD Skillz!
How about, "Sick!"

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Well done, Andreas!
Thank you, Sir!

Originally Posted by Arena993
Hmmmm. Maybe a Rivi Blue fan and black housing in my future.
Let me finish the other RiviBluProject first...

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Exactly Nice job there Bro-A.
Thanks, Bones.

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Looks fantastic - great job Andre and congrats soapy!
Hopefully SimpleSacSoapler can re-install this mess without destroying it...


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Man that looks good! Andy, I can't wait to see it on your car.

Andreas, you lay down the paint a lot better that I do. I wish I had those skillz!

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Andreas - WOW! Really, I'm quite speechless, I can't wait to see this thing in person when it arrives. Looks awesome!

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This would look good in the CW!
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Originally Posted by Arena993
Hmmmm. Maybe a Rivi Blue fan and black housing in my future.

Mike
you know deep-down inside what you really need to do is a riviera blue speedster conversion
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