Electric Fuel Pump & Electric Cooling Fan

[Mark_II_Mark]

I also recall posting on the old Lincoln Forum.net pics & how I installed an inline electric fuel pump & filter just downstream of the fuel tank & a 12"-14" electric fan in between the A/C condensing coil & the radiator on my Mark II.

I toggle on the fuel pump for about 5 seconds before I start the car to make sure I've got a full fuel line all the way from the carb to way back there at the gas tank & also during the hot TX summer when the car starts acting lime it wants to vapor lock. You could probably also use it to get home if your regular mechanical pump gave up the ghost.

The electric fan is also on a toggle switch vs. a thermostat, which gives me the option of running it whenever I want to. When the temp gauge starts heading into the H zone, I flip on the fan & watch the temp needle start to drop in a matter of seconds.

I put the same setup on my non-A/C 56 TBird & it's the ONLY way to go. Too bad Old Henry & Wm. Clay didn't have the smarts to come up with such a setup. Leave it to the Japs to figure out how something SHOULD be done...

[depmike38]

Just curious but are you sure your cooling system(less the electric fan) is up to par? I started driving in the archaic era when there were no electric fans and with a clean radiator, coolant, working thermostat, and a belt to turn the fan I don't remember any specific problems related to a mechanical set-up. In fact as long as the fan was turning it cooled. If you had a performance application you sometimes needed a bit more but another row in the radiator or sometimes just a lower temp thermostat would handle it.
And as an aside I was "club" racing a little back then,usually in a Datsun 510 or 240Z and they were mechanical also. We didn't really see electric units as standard until they turned all the engines sideways and couldn't get a belt to go around a corner.

[Mark_II_Mark]

My Mark II's cooling system has been prepped & is up to factory new specs, but slow & go driving in TX +100 degree heat & humidity & the poor air intake design of the Continental, which is much like the Baby Bird's, causes the temp to rise. The final thing that I will do before this year's driving season begins is to install a coolant overflow tank, which are now available from the Baby Bird suppliers Casco or Concours Parts.

BTW, I had a '73 Datsun 240Z swith automatic tranny & A/C for many years & the biggest problem that I had with it was overheating & vapor locking. Even a new radiator never cured the problem & it was just a bone stock street vehicle...

[depmike38]

:DMy last Z was a 74 260 and while it never overheated in the literal sense it had that neat Datsun Reynolds Wrap "kit" on the fuel lines to try and kill the vapor-lock. It mostly worked but I could never afford the Webers.

[Mark_II_Mark]

Me either on affording the Webers, but it was kind of a neat little car. Pre-computer & still just mechanical enough that I could still "twist a wrench" on it. And I still like the name Datsun better than Nissan...