montanaman
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- Location
- Western Montana
I have a large 3-row radiator, and it gets cold as hell here in Montana in the winter. I want to buy or make a front grille cover for cold weather. I've got a piece of cardboard up now.
Anybody have a link to a commercially-made one? Or ... anybody ever make one themselves. I'd like a good design that can be adjusted to suit the temps.
Here is what I want it to do:
- Have a small opening in front of the fan clutch, so that the thermostatic clutch surface will get some air to function properly. Kind of like four corners that can be pulled back to expose a diamond-shaped opening.
- The opening should be adjustable ...
- Should have an easy system of attachment, removal, and adjustment.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
And a question: if you block off the grill completely, the radiator fan can't really suck air from around the grille can it? In other words, should I focus on covering the grille, or the radiator itself?
Anybody have a link to a commercially-made one? Or ... anybody ever make one themselves. I'd like a good design that can be adjusted to suit the temps.
Here is what I want it to do:
- Have a small opening in front of the fan clutch, so that the thermostatic clutch surface will get some air to function properly. Kind of like four corners that can be pulled back to expose a diamond-shaped opening.
- The opening should be adjustable ...
- Should have an easy system of attachment, removal, and adjustment.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
And a question: if you block off the grill completely, the radiator fan can't really suck air from around the grille can it? In other words, should I focus on covering the grille, or the radiator itself?
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