Old auto vacuum fan
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Old auto vacuum fan
I remembered i had this old fan in the shed so took it in the shop and messed with it and got it running.
It run on vacuum thus why i`m blowing air in the exhaust hole.
video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QytZ9ukKGu4
It run on vacuum thus why i`m blowing air in the exhaust hole.
video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QytZ9ukKGu4
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
Those were useful as defrosters as long as you weren't pulling a hill where you needed all your vacuum just to make it up. Wipers were the same. You had to let off the gas to get a swipe across the windshield. Very interesting.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
Thanks Ron, i had a old Dodge truck with vacuum wipers, yep a real pain.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
I remember the vacuum wipers but never seen the vacuum fan.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
If you think the vacuum wipers were a pain the diesel trucks 40 years ago had air wipers that worked OK until the compressor started pumping oil. The o-rings would swell up and the wipers quit working.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
That's interesting. All that stuff pre-dates me.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
What??? Vacuum wipers and fans???
That really sucks....
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
The cars I owned, Buicks, all had booster pumps to make up for the drop in vacuum when under load. The 57 Roadmaster had the booster in the oil pump and the 56 Century had the pump in the fuel pump.
As long as the wiper motor was in good shape and both sources of vacuum worked you had wipers when needed.
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As long as the wiper motor was in good shape and both sources of vacuum worked you had wipers when needed.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
Sounds like it was an interesting idea for a time when electrical systems were more primitive.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
Another old timer
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
Wasn't it Lucas that invented the intermittent electric wipers - but not on purpose?gamekeeper wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 12:20 pm I remember the vacuum wipers but never seen the vacuum fan.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
I had a BSA with intermittent lights once. I think those were Lucas or maybe Smith. Best limey bike I had was a Norton Combat Commando. I still have fond memories of that sucker after I took the Amals off it and substituted a single Mikuni.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
Those are cool Pitchy! That second one looks art deco, is it dash mounted for inside cooling?
Re: Old auto vacuum fan
I think it`s a model A heater the water lines attach to the two pipes.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
Slick! Remember those old time a/c units that hung outside the window?
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No i don`t remember seeing one of those.
This little heater is pretty cool and could be mounted in anything that has a radiator.
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
i remember swamp coolers in cars, before refrigeration i think, or at least not for normal folks... back in the day when we soaked the water bag and hung it on the front grill to air condition it to something below boiling . . .
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
Pitchy where do you keep finding all these cool old parts? That vacuum fan is fantastic!
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Re: Old auto vacuum fan
Don`t even remember had them a long time.marlinman93 wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 10:21 am Pitchy where do you keep finding all these cool old parts? That vacuum fan is fantastic!
I see a few on Ebay, one new in the box .
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