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Subject: Re: OT: Finding a mechanical engine fan by dimensions
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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:
>>>>
>>>> Or a metal fan adapter plate?
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Thanks for writing,
>>>
>>> bob prohaska
>>>
>>>
>>
>>    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 .
-- 
Snag
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