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Today I was driving a fordor and noticed the heater was blowing much stronger that on my coupe. Looking under the hood I saw a plastic 6 bleade fan. Would this be the reason? Does anyone have any experience changing to a 6 blade for better heat? I use the stock apearing aluminum fan.

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I saw a local fellow who had an Autolight manifold heater (as we have all seen in the past) but this one was different. He had purchased a small squirrel cage type blower (12v) from a local electrical supply house(Grangier) and it was mounted on the front (intake) of the manifold heater. He had a two or three speed switch under the dash.


Toasty!!

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Del in NE Ohio: Any chance of getting a pic and more info?
Paul in cool CT

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This fellow comes into our store on occassion. I"ll see if I can catch him a get a photo. I was pretty impressed. I don't know when I'll see him, so when I do, I get a photo and start a new thread. Keep warm! (26 and snow here this AM)

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Not really heater related, but just Friday when I was swapping out my water pump and then started the car with the six blade fan, I really notices a LOT of air being moved from front to back. Those fans really move the air.

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My Townsedan with aluminum fan and heater that attaches to the top of a stock manifold provides decent heat but not like the heater manifolds. In comparision my coupe with the plastic fan gives off heat similar to a small candle! Both have everything else set-up the same. I realize this is contrary to yours. I thought maybe the longer aluminum blade drove air into the heater intake whereas the shorter plastic blades didn't align or direct air in.

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Might have been this fan:
Grainger 12 volt fan

Joe

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