Outer Limits 4x4 Board

after a bit of advice, the viscous fan on my 86 rangie has broken off a blade and while asking around to get a new one have found out it is a common problem, so just wondering if anyone knows if you can remove the fan and run thermo fans instead or does this lead to over heating problems? or any other problems. thanks

thermos work perfect
ford el.

I beliebve there is a ford viscus fan set up that fits although fand blades are at different pitch. and need to be trimmed 5 mm

Michael.

I just picked up a brand new AU Falcon twin thermo fan set-up from Ebay for $140. I think the fans were the same from EL-AU adn this is what you want.
They are $250 from a Ford dealer.

walker wrote:I just picked up a brand new AU Falcon twin thermo fan set-up from Ebay for $140. I think the fans were the same from EL-AU adn this is what you want.
They are $250 from a Ford dealer.

Have them (EL) on my rangie with a 4BD1 and on my other rangie (350 chev), $80 from the wrecker and work a treat.

i have twim thermos front mounted and no mechaqnical fan so i dont flick water alover the dizzy n electrics, they are out of a french car and are fully rebuildable, they work very effectively.

Electric fans are OK for light general bitumen work.

If you intend to do any serious work of 4wding then they will not cope - if they did then they would be fitted as OEM.

Just look up the fan output specs for electric fans and compare to the original fan specs.

HSV Rangie wrote:I beliebve there is a ford viscus fan set up that fits although fand blades are at different pitch. and need to be trimmed 5 mm

I had a Ford Falcon steel-bladed fan in my '86 RR.

I think it was out of an XF or similar. The blades had been trimmed.

For a pix of a typical RR plastic fan blade, see a pix I took at http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/coolingsystem/fan.html
Ron

thanks every one your advise is much appreciated