MCI cooling fan blower seals

[luvrbus]

Who has the best price on those 4 seals for a MCI 9

[edvanland]

Call Luke at  US Coach, don't know about the best price, but for me he had the best service.
1-856-767-4848
ED

[Iver]

Are you talking about the inlet rings on the squirrel cage housings?
I need four and I have quotes of $38.71(MCI) up to $78.50 EACH!!!!

That can't be right.  They are simple rings made of rubber.

              Iver.

[buswarrior]

Fred Hobe uses metal rings on the fan intakes.

North Florida Bus Conversions

happy coaching!
buswarrior

[luvrbus]

Yes Iver that is it I also thought 50 bucks each was a terrible price for a piece of rubber

good luck

[RickB]

Clifford,

Mohawk is probably considerably than any shop price.
I say that knowing that Luke and JD at C&J  need our business to keep theirs open.
Otto from Mohawk is really helpful and courteous

Rick

[Iver]

Fred Hobe uses metal rings on the fan intakes.

I looked at Fred's site and thought about the metal rings. 

The way the rubber rings are made they provide a seal between the metal frames and the housings.  If I used the metal ones I would have to make some type of gasket to fill that space.  Not really a big problem.

The other thing is the rubber ones are sort of curved on the intake.  I assume it is to give a venturi affect to draw in the air? Not sure if it is a big deal or not. All I know is that the OEM ones seem rather high priced.
         Iver.

[Busted Knuckle]

OEM are high priced! We broke down several yrs ago and spent the big bucks and bought them from MCI! If I had to do it over, I'd either find another source of fabricate something like Fred does!
  BK 

In my opinion (which with $3.00 will buy you a cup of coffee) the new OEM pieces don't really make a huge difference over the busted up old worn out hardened ones we replaced.