clutch fan

[bludmon]

Does anyone know if a clutch fan from my 1988 Mustang will fit on my 1994 Mazda Navajo? I put a electric fan on my Mustang and the clutch fan I have on the Navajo is cracking down at the base of the fan. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[huntman58]

Not off the top of my head but a tape measure and counting the blade should give you a fair answer I would think. Or you could take it off and then match them up and see if there the same as Ford did use a lot of cross over parts.

 

[MrShorty]

What engine in the Mustang? Which way does it rotate? I know the fan from my BII (2.9 L engine) would not fit my Explorer because the 2.9 fan rotates the opposite direction from the 4.0.

 

[Blee1099]

Looking at the part numbers they don't match.. A fan clutch is only like $30..

 

[Foxracin]

Is it the actually clutch part or just the plastic fan blade part. Sounds like its just the fan blade. Just change it out and leave the clutch part alone.

 

[bludmon]

yes it is just the plastic blades that are cracked and the clutch part works fine.Is there a write-up on how to change just the plastic fan part? thanks alot for your help on this guys!

 

[MrShorty]

The fan is easy to change. Remove the fan + clutch from the water pump. Then there are four bolts that hold the fan onto the clutch.

 

[bludmon]

Ok I will try that. Thankyou MrShorty and everyone else for your help.

 

[bludmon]

Hey guys I just wanted to ask one more question about the fan blades. The one from my Mustang has 9 fins and the one from the Navajo has 10. Other than that they are the exact same diameter. Can I still swap the blades even though the good one has one less blade but they bolt directly up? thankyou for your help guys!

 

[MrShorty]

Two thoughts
1) One less blade means it will draw a little less air. Whether the Mustang fan will draw enough air to cool the Explorer engine, I don't know. If you do it and end up having overheating issues, then the first suspect will be whether the fan has enough draw.

2) Essentially the same question as has been asked -- does the Mustang engine rotate the same direction as the Explorer engine? Or -- are the fan blades tilted in the same direction? It won't work if the fan blades are tilted so that it is trying to push air back through the radiator.

 

[bludmon]

The fans blades from the Mustang are tilted the exact same way that the one from the Navajo is.