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08-22-2020, 11:44 AM | #1 |
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What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
Folks, not good at searching previous threads.
My question is, what type of fan blade do you recommend, standard blade, 4 blade, plastic 6 blade, aluminium type blade. I have a steel blade and am worried about it going through the rad / hood. Thank you in advance for your responses. Gerry Birch Bay WA |
08-22-2020, 11:49 AM | #2 |
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Re: What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
You will get lots of responses but my guess is most of them will be to stick with what was original, the two blade fan. I think that the aluminum 2 blade is what most suppliers offer now. I've had mine since 2011. Bill
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08-22-2020, 11:53 AM | #3 |
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Re: What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
The new 2 blade.
There were some problems with the older 2 blades. |
08-22-2020, 11:57 AM | #4 |
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Re: What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
You don’t want the old blade to break while the engine is running. Been there, done that.
I replaced with the two blade aluminum and also replaced the water pump with a leakless. No problems since. Enjoy. |
08-22-2020, 12:24 PM | #5 |
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Re: What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
I've had both the original two blade fan and the later four blade fans to break . I now only use the balanced aluminum two blade fan that is offered by most model A parts vendors .
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08-22-2020, 01:41 PM | #6 |
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On the balancer you give it a spin and it should come to rest with the blades straight across and it does it every time. Tom Endy |
08-22-2020, 02:08 PM | #7 |
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Re: What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
My AA has a stamped steel 4 blade that except for some rust patina looks real sturdy. Did Ford use these on trucks or is it a replacement?
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The original [?] 2 blade cracked as did the 4 blade [ which I liked]. The older 2 blade aluminum repo's had some contact and taper issues. The new ones seem to be fine. I believe the 4 blades are old replacements. |
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08-22-2020, 03:19 PM | #9 |
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Re: What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
Aluminum 2-blade is the way to go. May have to do some minor filing on the water pump snout to eliminate slight interference - no biggie.
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08-22-2020, 04:19 PM | #11 |
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Re: What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
Balanced 2-blade alu-prop.
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08-23-2020, 07:49 AM | #12 |
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I use these fans, an aluminum reproduction 2-blade, and a Dave Wilton plastic 6-blade. Both work very well.
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08-23-2020, 09:37 AM | #14 |
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Re: What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
Well, that was resolved much easier than the "oil" question!!
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08-23-2020, 01:43 PM | #15 |
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Re: What type of Fan Blade do you recommend
Thanks Charlie, I’ll look it up.
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08-23-2020, 04:50 PM | #16 |
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If I were to ask "So whats the oil question?" Would it start something :>)))
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08-23-2020, 05:21 PM | #17 |
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I've got a long history with balancing rotors of all types and would like to add that a rotor that is properly balanced can be placed in any position of the clock and it should not move when static balancing on knife edges or rollers with a mandrel. If it stops only in one position every time then the bottom edges are heavier than the top. Gravity will not lie to you. There can be both span wise imbalance and chord wise imbalance.
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Lots of folks have very strong opinions about the weight of oil, brand of oil, type of oil (conventional versus synthetic), oil change intervals, etc. Oil threads tend to be long winded.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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08-23-2020, 07:58 PM | #20 |
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Seems to me the oil question will never be resolved so will remain a contested topic while some try to convince themselves they are right by loudly telling everyone else what they use. The other issue (and this is from someone who lives in a country where cars don't have titles) is what seems to me to be a horribly convoluted and difficult to negotiate bureaucratic nightmare.
How did we get here from fan blades???
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