doktorglory
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- Grand Banks 42 Classic 1974
Those of you running these engines (ie without turbo) are likely aware of how nightmarish it is to replace the water pump/alternator belts on these motors. Having had a GB42 with Lehmans and no fan to bring additional air into the engine room I question the need for this on the John Deeres. For some reason the blades on my port engine sheared off and were left sitting in the van guard for an unknown amount of time. I have no idea how this occured . That sadi the engine and engine room seem to run the same. That is no excsevive heaat of alteration in performance have I noticed. I am having difficulty trying to find the water pump pulley with the blades on it but frankly i want to just remove it from the other engine and have unfettered access to my belts as needed. I am going to monitor my engine room temperature for awhile to see if there is any noticeable difference. Of course I have an engine room ventilation fan in addition whihc makes me wonder why Grand Banks put fans on the JDs and not the Lehmans.
Have any of you with JDs given any thought to this? Have you run them without the fans?
Have any of you with JDs given any thought to this? Have you run them without the fans?