|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
09-03-2013, 02:58 AM | #1 |
BANNED
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 17
|
Plastic Fan Blades
.......
Last edited by 2rosella; 01-19-2017 at 05:30 PM. |
09-03-2013, 06:19 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Mpls, MN
Posts: 27,582
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
The concave side of the blades would face rearward.
Where I used to work someone replaced the fan backwards on the front end loader. On the loader the fan blows the air forward, away from the engine, so the concave side faces away from the engine. If you put the fan on backwards, it will still move the air, but not nearly as much. |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
09-03-2013, 08:40 AM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Kalamazoo
Posts: 1,656
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
The easy way I remember which side is concave is it's the side that's sort of like a cave.
|
09-03-2013, 06:15 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Owls Head
Posts: 257
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
Flip it over.
__________________
Driving old Fords since 1947 |
09-03-2013, 08:50 PM | #5 |
Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 69
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
If yours is wrong so is mine, so the air is moved from the radiator back upon the engine block?
|
09-03-2013, 09:09 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Between Seattle & Tacoma
Posts: 2,354
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
|
09-03-2013, 09:11 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: The sticks of east Texas
Posts: 474
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
That fan is installed backwards. Concave side towards the motor, convex towards the radiator.
|
09-03-2013, 09:16 PM | #8 |
Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 69
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
Won't change mine,...............if I did the temperture would never get above 160 degrees.!!!!
|
09-04-2013, 02:48 AM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Frankfurt am Main in Germany
Posts: 671
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
G`day to australia
Crank the engine slowly, have a look onto the fan and figure out what the fan does to the air... You want the fan to suck the air through the radiator. (if it works like that, you have proven that your radiator is in great shape) What kind of belt do you use? Never saw one like that (Im still using "original" belt from the vendors, but dont like as they are way to stiff....) long distance greetings Christoph |
09-04-2013, 04:33 AM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 162
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
Fanbelt is inside out. Teeth should go to the pully for that style of belt. Tim
|
09-04-2013, 05:12 AM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Mpls, MN
Posts: 27,582
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
The fan belt is OK, it's just the design of the belt.
The top hose looks so short, but looks like it's connected OK. Radiator shorud still needs the screw installed. As mentioned, the fan need to be flipped over. |
09-04-2013, 04:07 PM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: FRESNO, CA
Posts: 12,560
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
Dog here,
How manny ways are there, jist to SAY, "You got yo' FAN on Kittywampus & bassakwards, jist TURN it around!! Buster T.
__________________
"THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF" |
09-04-2013, 05:20 PM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Mo. City , Texas
Posts: 725
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
2rosella;
For maximum cooling I installed a B W pressurized radiator ( 4psi cap ) , over flow bottle ,fan shroud , engine pans ,6 blade fan. With this set up you can fill this radiator up to the bottom of the inlet nozzle ( more water in radiator than original ) Reduced my temperature 10 degrees from 195 F to 185 F when its 96 F here in Texas and I am running my AC. |
09-04-2013, 05:53 PM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 9,115
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
Duffy, Do you turn the heater water completely off in the summer? ie: valve at both ends of the heater.
__________________
Alaskan A's Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Antique Automobile Club of America Mullins Owner's Club |
09-04-2013, 11:15 PM | #15 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: FRESNO, CA
Posts: 12,560
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
Quote:
__________________
"THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF" |
|
09-05-2013, 11:59 AM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Mo. City , Texas
Posts: 725
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
Carl G.
I have the heater disconnected . Really do not need a heater here in Texas . The AC /Heater set up was in the car when I purchased the car from a fellow in the Dallas Club . It was disconnected then ,so I just left it like that. For the heater to work you will need a 180 degree thermostate and as cold as it gets in Alaska you may need to still block some of the air coming across the radiator .. My main need here in Texas is AC and not over heating in the summer when running AC therefore I presently run no thermostate . |
09-05-2013, 12:55 PM | #17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 9,115
|
Re: Plastic Fan Blades
Thanks Duffy,
I have a 160° thermostat, and the heater is putting out plenty of hot air within a couple of blocks of driving, and works just great. Of course, it's not all that cold here yet. (50's - 60's) Winter will tell more. I do have a Globe Winterfront I can install if it becomes necessary to block incoming air. A/C will come in real handy next summer when we go up to Fairbanks where it gets over 100° quite frequently.
__________________
Alaskan A's Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Antique Automobile Club of America Mullins Owner's Club |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|