Re: OT: Finding a mechanical engine fan by dimensions

On 4/24/2024 8:32 PM, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> wrote:

On 4/23/2024 5:28 PM, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

Jim Wilkins <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

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Or a metal fan adapter plate?
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Then I'd still have to find a fan. The OEM fan won't fit over the
mounting flange of the new clutch and has a too-small bolt circle.
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Thanks for writing,
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bob prohaska
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   If you have machine tools it should be quite easy to fabricate an
adapter plate . It doesn't have to be something as skinny as a piece of
1/4" plate ...

 An adapter between the clutch BC and the fan BC? Unfortunately the mounting
flange of the clutch is too big to fit through the center hole of the OEM fan.
Apart from that little niggle the idea would work. It would definitely work
in a case where the fan  was larger than the clutch.
 Thanks for writing!
 bob prohaska
 

   I was visualizing a puck with the correct features for the water pump on the back and the correct features for the fan/clutch on the front . Maybe an inch thick , maybe a bit more ... unless that puts too close to the radiator .
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