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04-15-2011, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Hydro, OK
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Fan
My fan actually fell off this morning!! Looks like the clutch came apart.
Any way to bolt it solid with no clutch? |
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04-15-2011, 01:42 PM
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Arrived on a Pale Horse
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SnagTown Indiana
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Re: Fan
Time to upgrade to electric fan. Non clutch/flex fans are too dangerous IMHO.
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04-15-2011, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Unnapreciative, Trollville
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Re: Fan
Just buy another clutch, unless you go electric.
The clutch will give you (SAP LESS) more power and economy then anything but an electric fan. It can be done, but you'd be downgrading a lot. |
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04-15-2011, 10:35 PM
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Location: Hydro, OK
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Re: Fan
Didn't go thru the radiator at least!
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04-18-2011, 07:35 AM
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Location: Hydro, OK
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Re: Fan
24.00 for a clutch and 99.00 for electric. That is soooo tempting!
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04-18-2011, 10:44 AM
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El Mero Mero Frijolero!!
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Lubbock, Texas
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Re: Fan
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04-18-2011, 11:28 AM
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Re: Fan
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04-18-2011, 06:46 PM
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El Mero Mero Frijolero!!
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Lubbock, Texas
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Re: Fan
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This is the fan I use. Its easy to mount and wire up with a Autozone Universal fan kit. I did the whole swap for under $50.00 I think. I recommend it one hundred percent. I like that is thin and pulls air like crazy. Do it. lol  
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04-18-2011, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico
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Re: Fan
I prefer clutch fans. I got mine from the junkyard... very cheap.
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04-18-2011, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lafayette, IN
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Re: Fan
Do a clutch fan with an auxiliary electric. Works really good when towing while its hot out.
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04-18-2011, 07:39 PM
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BAD BOW-Silverado XST
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Senior Member from Austin, TX
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Re: Fan
You live in hot climate. Better read this http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...cfan/index.php
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04-18-2011, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: The Dalles, OR
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Re: Fan
Someone put a flex fan on my truck before I got it. Damned thing flew apart and chopped up a radiator hose, and then the balance issue must've caused the water pump to come apart somehow because it was leaking out of about 5 places. Bad news. Didn't know better but I do now. Picked up a stock clutch fan for $25 at a yard, and no problem since. Wouldn't mind an aux electric fan, just in case, but I hate trusting some little probably-China-made sensor that may or may not work to keep things cool when it matters. I like to think I check my gauges pretty often, but I can't sit and stare at them the whole time i'm driving to make sure everything is doing it's job. I like big, clunky, mechanical processes where if something's not working it's cause it's split in half or fell off. Easy to see, easy to fix.
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04-20-2011, 11:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Hydro, OK
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Re: Fan
Traded my old valve covers, air cleaner and exhaust tips for a used fan and clutch. Back on the road again!!
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