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There must be a few people here who have installed a 16" electric fan to their radiators.
I am considering ordering the kit from LMC and wanted to know about anyone elses experience adding this kit on.
My concern is will there be enough room for it to fit without modifications?
Do I simply remove the old fan blade and then add on this new kit?
As far as removing old fan blades that seem stuck what is the trick?

what engine? and why do you think you need it?

Ok, its on a 216 and I need it because my original fan blade is too close to the rad.
Now back to the topic....

the reason I asked is because I have a 58/235 in my 52. it is about as close to the rad as it can get and has never ran hot or even close to it,, seems like a lot of folks are running the electric fan I was just curious............ you might also consider doing a local search, you will find some past posts that may help,,,,,,,,,,and will also help you stay on topic

regards

I realize some people will think what I want to do is not necessary, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I also believe an electric fan will be more efficient. My fan is so close I can hear it tinging on the rad as it turns, I am not comforable with that kind of set up. And it also bothers me that if I broke a belt I wouldnt be able to change it very easily.
All I need is a little bit of support from someone who has done this to let me know whats involved.
I've done all the searches I can on it but found no actual work reports, just alot of talk.

looks like the electric may help, mine is not that close but real close....other then it being close, does it cool ok? I can see where the belt would be a problem to replace, I have to tinker with mine to get it to fit,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I will keep looking and see If I can find out some-thing

regards............Fred

as for cooling, it was getting a little hot last year. I changed the rad for a new which turned out to be about 1/4 inch thicker, just enough to make my fan blade a problem. I havent had it out to drive yet until I deal with the fan blade.
unless I start chopping off pieces of the fan blade so it wont hit anything but then I'm just reducing the efficiency of an already under efficient fan.

Crow ... or someone. Check your email address in your profile. An email bounced that was related to this topic. Don't know who / what ???

Here's what we got:

To: "mailto:cro"@abs.nlc-bnc.ca
Subject: Electirc Fan
Sent: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:45:05 -0400

Peg

Alan has helped a whole lot of people with his elec. tips and writings...

Horvath\'s electrical tips

This should be your best bet.

jay

Fans can purchased to push or pull. LMC has 1 fan in their catalog. Other vendors like JC Whitney have several catalog pages of fans to choose from. My suggestion is to mount the fan in front of the radiator.

peg, I sent it, I may have screwed it up, I was trying to use the email deal post to a friend deal, I just pasted his email to the post that I was trying to send him. I dont know what I did wrong................sorry

Fred,

Oh. No biggie. I was worried someone may have thought it had "gone thru" when it bounced.

I do that regularly Fred. I usually copy and paste and it seems a lot of times I leave off the very last letter. And as you know, with this stuff ... almost ISN'T good enough.

Good to see you doing so many things Fred. Cool on the website, too!

Peg

I've got an electric fan bolted on front of my radiator support for my a/c set up. It was easy to install and set up. The only difference between what you've got and what I've got is you would remove your mechanical fan but leave your belt/pulley in place to run the water pump.

Here's a link to an e-bay auction for a fan with a temp control module (vs sensor)that is an example of what you might use.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/16-H...iewItemQQcategoryZ34201QQitemZ4628668765

I have a LMC Electric Fan on my '51 w/'58 235. I bought the adjustable thermostat also. I love the set up and it is a snap to install. It is installed in front of the radiator and I do not run a fan on the water pump

Thruwurkin
Kennewick, WA

I got one from autozone with the thermostat switch. It works great. I installed it on the front of the radiator and it has no shroud. Cannot even tell there is a fan on it until it kicks on. I got it set to come on at about 185. It usually only comes on after I shut the motor off. Good luck

to install the fan do have to take anything off of the front of the truck, i have a 54? like the latch mechanism or anything else. i am seriously thinking of doing this. i plan to get a zirgo unit but use a switch from ron francis that goes under a bolt head either on the block or radiator, sounds like a good set up. no drilling. ron

You can probably get away with just pulling the upper radiator shroud.

The link I listed is from an e-bay seller that has the Zirgo unit you mentioned. I've bought a bunch of stuff from him and always been pleased with the price and quality.

Thanks to everyone for all the replies, sounds like I should be able to do this.

I put a pusher electric fan on the front of the radiator of my 1942 Chev PU...left the original fan in place...

I put a switch under the dash so that if I see the truck running hotter (sitting in traffic here in Texas during the summer) I can turn on the electric fan to help cool it. No need to run the electric fan all the time but will be nice to use when needed. Easy to install using
Horvath's electrical tips on his web site wiring in two relays inline to make the wiring safer.

Ted - I've been thinking of doing the same thing on my 46. Just for those hot summer days. How big of a fan did you use, and did you have to remove the support that goes across the front of the radiator? It seems like that would get in the way unless you used a small diameter fan.

Thanks
George

16" diameter is what I used. Wiring it with relays is a good idea. The temperature adjusting module has a relay in it, so if you just use a sensor in the radiator you might want to use a relay. Alan Horvath's site is a good overview of how and why relays are good.

Pulling the top radiator shroud/hood latch panel is easy, just remove the bolts around the edges.