Hi Charlie
Your suggestions are more than welcome. I'm not a mechanic but I know my way around a Haynes manual. Basically, if it comes apart I'm happy to have a go... my first car was a Hillman Imp and there are a lot of similarities between that and the 900T mechanicals. The only real difference is 40 years elapsed time between the ownership of the two vehicles and its much more difficult to get parts now.
I've just checked the plugs and these are spot on for normal running, so I'm assuming the fuel mix is set up okay.
I've a second 9" electric fan on its way. I'll be fitting this behind the louvres on the radiator side, set to suck air in.
The fan controller I have can control two fans with the second one kicking in 10C higher than the first - its currently set at 90C which is about 3/4 of the way up the heater gauge. My thinking is to set the new fan (behind the louvres) as Fan 1 to kick in at 80C, this will suck cooler air in which in turn will be blown through the rad by the existing engine driven fan.
The current electric fan attached to the radiator under the cowling will be Fan 2 and should kick in at 90C as it does now. However, I'm hoping that with cooler air being sucked in from the outside fan 2 will rarely kick in, fingers crossed.
I'll report back once set up.
Your suggestions are more than welcome. I'm not a mechanic but I know my way around a Haynes manual. Basically, if it comes apart I'm happy to have a go... my first car was a Hillman Imp and there are a lot of similarities between that and the 900T mechanicals. The only real difference is 40 years elapsed time between the ownership of the two vehicles and its much more difficult to get parts now.
I've just checked the plugs and these are spot on for normal running, so I'm assuming the fuel mix is set up okay.
I've a second 9" electric fan on its way. I'll be fitting this behind the louvres on the radiator side, set to suck air in.
The fan controller I have can control two fans with the second one kicking in 10C higher than the first - its currently set at 90C which is about 3/4 of the way up the heater gauge. My thinking is to set the new fan (behind the louvres) as Fan 1 to kick in at 80C, this will suck cooler air in which in turn will be blown through the rad by the existing engine driven fan.
The current electric fan attached to the radiator under the cowling will be Fan 2 and should kick in at 90C as it does now. However, I'm hoping that with cooler air being sucked in from the outside fan 2 will rarely kick in, fingers crossed.
I'll report back once set up.