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Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: OT: Finding a mechanical engine fan by dimensions Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:27:59 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: <v0eas2$35vl4$1@dont-email.me> References: <v097p5$1rgi9$1@dont-email.me> <v098f7$1rm0t$1@dont-email.me> <v09clp$1sh34$1@dont-email.me> <v0argn$2a3re$1@dont-email.me> <v0cbrd$2kst4$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:28:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="64d3458bbda82d4e00a448566ec98898"; logging-data="3341988"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/yn4xNycPHF4p09S0HOdsK3LWLTPbytuE=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:hx4LM9AszZgdyxkB2WfpqEj3pGg= In-Reply-To: <v0cbrd$2kst4$1@dont-email.me> X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240425-24, 4/25/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2596 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 "They may take our lives but they'll never take our freedom." William Wallace