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Gary WA · 08-30-2023, 03:29 PM

While inspecting my A's found a cracked fan!! Oh My Saved a Hood!!

stickshift · 08-30-2023, 09:44 PM

Mine looked exactly the same when I changed it a few weeks ago. The Aluminum fan I replaced it with is better balanced and noticeably smoother. Money well invested.

spdway1 · 08-31-2023, 12:04 AM

Amazing, you of all people running an original fan surprises me!

gdmn852 · 08-31-2023, 09:08 AM

Broke one back in the 1970,s haven’t trusted since then. No problem with the aluminum ones except sometimes having to grind front of water pump casting to get clearance,as aluminum ones are thicker at inner pulley .

Bob Bidonde · 08-31-2023, 09:50 AM

Ditto spdway1

Marshall V. Daut · 08-31-2023, 11:37 AM

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Sunny the Model A · 09-06-2023, 07:47 AM

put that thing on the shelf or in the scrap bin, it's a bomb ready to go off. I put the six blader on and never looked back. I have an original cast iron fan and it sits on a shelf. No way I'm putting that stick of dynamite under my hood again.

bavarian323i · 09-06-2023, 11:23 AM

Once you crack one and catch it ore disaster...toy never go back to originals

Big hammer · 09-06-2023, 11:59 AM

Never ever turn your engine over using the fan! When I installed a new 900$ radiator I changed my late 31 fan blade with the new aluminum ones. Some of the engine vibrations seamed to be lessened. When I restored the original fan I bead blasted it, magnafluxed it, checked it for straightness and balance ( the best shade tree methods possible)

Model "A" Fords · 09-06-2023, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunny the Model A

I have an original cast iron fan and it sits on a shelf. No way I'm putting that stick of dynamite under my hood again.

Did you mean steel or is it actually a cast iron fan?

Kelly mt · 09-06-2023, 11:37 PM

What about the four blade fans? Also I'm running a C head and a three bolt pump, will the new aluminum fan fit this pump shaft?

Bob C · 09-07-2023, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelly mt

What about the four blade fans? Also I'm running a C head and a three bolt pump, will the new aluminum fan fit this pump shaft?

Yes

08-30-2023, 03:29 PM	#1
Gary WA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Clinton,WA/Whidbey Island Posts: 4,105	Cracked Fan!! While inspecting my A's found a cracked fan!! Oh My Saved a Hood!! __________________ www.whidbeymodelaclub.com Last edited by Gary WA; 12-30-2023 at 02:36 PM.

08-30-2023, 09:44 PM	#2
stickshift Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2023 Location: Grass Valley, Ca Posts: 247	Re: Cracked Fan!! Mine looked exactly the same when I changed it a few weeks ago. The Aluminum fan I replaced it with is better balanced and noticeably smoother. Money well invested. __________________ Stickshift 1915 Model T touring 1931 Ford Model AA Flatbed

08-31-2023, 12:04 AM	#3
spdway1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chicopee, MA Posts: 1,402	Re: Cracked Fan!! Amazing, you of all people running an original fan surprises me!

08-31-2023, 09:08 AM	#4
gdmn852 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Erie Pa Posts: 689	Re: Cracked Fan!! Broke one back in the 1970,s haven’t trusted since then. No problem with the aluminum ones except sometimes having to grind front of water pump casting to get clearance,as aluminum ones are thicker at inner pulley .

08-31-2023, 09:50 AM	#5
Bob Bidonde Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 3,472	Re: Cracked Fan!! Ditto spdway1 __________________ Bob Bidonde

08-31-2023, 11:37 AM	#6
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,112	Re: Cracked Fan!! Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Welcome to the Broken Fan Club! You are by no means in the minority with that membership. Most of us have been there. Unfortunately, this is one club that will continue to grow as years pass instead of withering on the vine. Marshall

09-06-2023, 07:47 AM	#7
Sunny the Model A Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Charleston SC Posts: 169	Re: Cracked Fan!! put that thing on the shelf or in the scrap bin, it's a bomb ready to go off. I put the six blader on and never looked back. I have an original cast iron fan and it sits on a shelf. No way I'm putting that stick of dynamite under my hood again. __________________ "Quality means doing it right when no one is looking" Henry Ford

09-06-2023, 11:23 AM	#8
bavarian323i Junior Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 5	Re: Cracked Fan!! Once you crack one and catch it ore disaster...toy never go back to originals

09-06-2023, 11:59 AM	#9
Big hammer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 3,131	Re: Cracked Fan!! Never ever turn your engine over using the fan! When I installed a new 900$ radiator I changed my late 31 fan blade with the new aluminum ones. Some of the engine vibrations seamed to be lessened. When I restored the original fan I bead blasted it, magnafluxed it, checked it for straightness and balance ( the best shade tree methods possible) __________________ Don't force it with a little hammer tap, tap, tap get a bigger hammer tap done

09-06-2023, 11:37 PM	#11
Kelly mt Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Noxon, MT Posts: 83	Re: Cracked Fan!! What about the four blade fans? Also I'm running a C head and a three bolt pump, will the new aluminum fan fit this pump shaft?