I went to go for a ride in me just finished 49 shoebox and it was running great then I heard a boom and this is what was going on under the hood. If any one here has a 49 ford radiator or fan or an old 2x2 intake kinda like the edmunds I got please let me know I need to get it back on the road ASAP. I really could use a break here if anyone could help me out with any of these parts please contact me.
That certainly ****s. +1 on rad shop fixing that one. Hang in there, sorry I can't help with the parts.
A good welder might be able to repair the intake, but welding alum is definitely not easy and takes skill and the right equip. The fan can be straightened probably. The radiator fixable. It's a mess but it could have been worse I guess. Hang in there.
Rule #1 about mechanical fans of stock steel riveted construction: If bent or tweaked the slightest bit, find a new one. If bent all to **** and one blade of 4 is MISSING like this one, discard and find a new one.
Man that really ****s. By looking at your photos id bet the fan blade came off first then the vibration busted the intake. Id have the rad fixed and weld up the intake. I think I have one of them fans but im kinda far away from you and its old and crusty. Quite often there are nos fans on eBay. I just got one for my 35.
Ya I aint to sure what happend it all went down so fast. Yesterday the car ran great smooth as could be. Then today I start it it still ran great a backed it out of the garage was was going to give it a onece over before my 160 mile road trip so I reved it up a little bit and boom then I shut her off and found it like this. It is a heart ache.
Slacker When everything went boom Did you find the missing blade? I don't think I would trust a welded up manifold with all that weight on the front. Invest in a new manifold and may make up a brace for the rear of the alt. Just my .02
Ya I found the blade and it was in three peices under the car. I am looking into a new intake right now and I am thinking of an electric fan to sve on weight.
wow that ****s. i agree on the suggestions. hope you get it fixed. I checked around and don't have what you need sorry
Ouch!!!! That ****s. Good idea buying a new manifold, you never know what the old ones went through. How long have you been running this setup for? Hope you get her up, and running soon. Good luck.
Hope this helps there have been lots of postings about this product Here is a vid <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4Zhi94AP9g&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4Zhi94AP9g&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
That's a bummer, I did something similar in my DeSoto radiator shop fixed it up for me, your lucky though a buddy of mine also did something similar as well a few years back and put fan threw his hood!
Slacker I think your are on the right track. Just thank your luck stars you were not in the middle of Bum **** Idaho when this happened.
Just a suggestion. Flex-a-lite makes a nice black plastic 5 blade fan that has the hole in the middle big enough to fit on the fan stub, after you knock off the old fan. I have one on my 49 Business coupe and it does let it run much cooler and is pretty cheap. Kinda looks like it should be there also, it is a very flat black color.
I agree with the feeling that the blade went first, but having the fan ***embly cantilevered out from the manifold means that the belt tension can't be too tight. Can't really tell in the pics... how much, if at all, did you modify the fan unit to work on your engine??? Was it spaced out further than it would've been on a stock gen mount?? I don't like the look of electric fans and I'm planning on using a stock 8BA fan on my roadster project, but I'm using a stock gen on a home made (modified) cast intake. If you repair the intake, I'd consider going with an electric fan.... Good luck. Rich
i think that the intake broke first. the break looks new , except for a couple dark areas...i bet it had an existing crack . then the blade broke when it hit something
Flex a lite makes a racing fan. It has 4 rivets per blade. It is designed to go to 8000 rpm, which of course is more than your flatty will ever turn. It'll stay together.
i as just digging in some stuff and found that exact same fan..it's riveted to a shaft with hub and pulley . i believe it's from a `49 Ford i did. if it will help you out you can have it for shipping
I agree totally with Rich. Using an alternator makes you have to tighten the belt more than the setup was designed for. I don't like the look of an electric fan either but since you are running an alternator already it doesn't look period under there anyway and it would take a lot of strain off of the mount. Gary
I agree. There is also evidence indicating a strike at the rivets of the fan blade. I also don't think losing a fan blade would cause the whole ***embly to fail with the sudden bang described.
Dollars to donuts the fan blade broke first. Used fans need to be inspected VERY carefully before putting back into service. A fan can throw a blade at any time when the engine is running. It will violently shake the **** out of everything and quickly break the weakest part(s). But it will all happen so quickly it just goes bang! I've seen more than a few broken fan blades in my day result in the kind of damage shown in the OP. It can slice through two layers of sheetmetal and your skull like **** through a goose. NEVER stand inline with a spinning fan!
The Jalopy Journal
