Cooling fans

[Winchested]

Will this bring it closer to the engine even if I currently do not have a fan clutch?

Why does it look like your one blade is bent and the rest are flat?

 

[woodley]

i can only make a guess. i see there is a spacer in-between your fan and water pump. you could take a rough measurement of that and compare it it the clutch measurements

have you ever measured your fan ? ever wonder if that is the correct fan for a scout ?

i have the same radiator and i to went years with a "fixed " fan (no clutch) and i never took a bite out of my shroud and i do a ton of 4 wheeling. once slammed a rock so hard i broke the radiator. but the fan and shroud never made contact even when that happened.

I took the spacer out yesterday to see if maybe I could run the fan without it but the fan would chew into the belts. I lowered the shroud similar to the image posted by Scott H above. This centers the fan better in the shroud. I also found that a couple of the fan blades were slightly bent. After straightening the blades, I put the fan back in with the spacer and it looks like I may just have about 1/16th of an inch between the tip of the fan and the shroud. I may have to try that low profile clutch to see if it will give me a bit more clearance without sacrificing my belts.

 

[woodley]

Why does it look like your one blade is bent and the rest are flat?

Because it was! I fixed that yesterday. I am not touching the shroud now but still way too close.

 

[Winchested]

Because it was! I fixed that yesterday. I am not touching the shroud now but still way too close.

That section is blocking the core anyway, cut away.