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cuzncletus · 03-29-2016, 06:29 AM

Sorting through my problems putting my 59A into my A chassis I've hit a wall; hopefully a short, soft one. I can't seem to get a fan and a generator mounted to line up with my crank and pump pulleys. The crank in my motor seems to have some kind of ratchet gear in the snout that I assume is for a hand crank. On the snout of the crank there is only one pulley, that being the one in line with the water pumps. My guess is I'm missing a pulley that bolts onto the flange at the snout of the crank. Are these available?

If that's the case, then I guess there's some way to drive a fan off the end of the crank. I have two fans but both seem to be off of 8ba's as their mounts are way too wide to fit in the slot at the end of a 59a manifold. A friend lent me an offset generator bracket and an aftermarket cast aluminum fan bracket for a 59. I'm going to try to heat/press the shaft out of one of the 8ba fans to pinch bolt it into the fan bracket. But then, with no provision to bolt anything onto the front of my Eddie Meyers intake, where would the fan go? And "Yes", to one condescending 'Barner out there. I do understand hot rodding, am fairly handy with a welder having supported myself with one for a while, and have fabricated a bracket. It's just that I'm off in virgin territory for me and appreciate the help available on this forum.

03-29-2016, 06:29 AM	#1
cuzncletus Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sevierville, Tenn. Posts: 391	59Ab: pull-eeze! Sorting through my problems putting my 59A into my A chassis I've hit a wall; hopefully a short, soft one. I can't seem to get a fan and a generator mounted to line up with my crank and pump pulleys. The crank in my motor seems to have some kind of ratchet gear in the snout that I assume is for a hand crank. On the snout of the crank there is only one pulley, that being the one in line with the water pumps. My guess is I'm missing a pulley that bolts onto the flange at the snout of the crank. Are these available? If that's the case, then I guess there's some way to drive a fan off the end of the crank. I have two fans but both seem to be off of 8ba's as their mounts are way too wide to fit in the slot at the end of a 59a manifold. A friend lent me an offset generator bracket and an aftermarket cast aluminum fan bracket for a 59. I'm going to try to heat/press the shaft out of one of the 8ba fans to pinch bolt it into the fan bracket. But then, with no provision to bolt anything onto the front of my Eddie Meyers intake, where would the fan go? And "Yes", to one condescending 'Barner out there. I do understand hot rodding, am fairly handy with a welder having supported myself with one for a while, and have fabricated a bracket. It's just that I'm off in virgin territory for me and appreciate the help available on this forum.