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Original 1970 225 engine fan?

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Zoomer, Mar 11, 2009.

  1. Mar 11, 2009
    Zoomer

    Zoomer eJeeper (walking)

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    Does anyone know what the OEM engine fan on a 1970 V6 Jeep is supposed to look like? I've currently got a solid 4 blade on mine that I swapped that in from another Jeep I had. In talking to a guy who has some parts, he said there were 4, 5 and 7 blade fans available. Does anyone know what was OEM in early 1970?
     
  2. Mar 11, 2009
    jpflat2a

    jpflat2a what's that noise?

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    all are correct from the factory.
    7 blade was used with HD cooling.
     
  3. Mar 11, 2009
    scarecrow

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    My '71 came with a 5 blade
     
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    Zoomer

    Zoomer eJeeper (walking)

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    So what all does HD cooling consist of besides the 7 blade fan? Was a radiator shroud part of that package? I have the 22" radiator, but I think that was standard by my build date of October 1969.
     
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    jayhawkclint

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    My mid-'70 has a 5 blade.
     
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    Zoomer

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    Thanks guys.
     
  7. Mar 12, 2009
    AKCJ

    AKCJ Active Member

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    I'm pretty sure my 70 has a 4 blade fan.
     
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    Zoomer

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    Thanks. Out of curiosity, do you have th 22" wide radiator?
     
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    scarecrow

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    Core size on mine is 22x17
     
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    MagMotor

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    My '70 has a 7 blade fan w/22"x17" rad.
     
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    5 here what is the width of the fan?
     
  12. Mar 13, 2009
    MagMotor

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    The blade is 4" wide. The total width of the fan is 15"......BTW: what does 'HD' mean??
     
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    Mcruff

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    The 17"x22" radiator was standard on the v6 models by 1970 as the front grill was completely changed to house it. My 71 had a 4 blade fan on it. I have a 5 blade flex fan on it now that probably moves more than twice the air the factory 4 blade did. You can literally hear the fan whirring over the headers and duals.
     
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    Zoomer

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    Thanks for the info guys. Any advantages / disadvantages of the 5 blade vs the 7 blade?

    Do both of these look corrrect?

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  15. Aug 7, 2013
    ucdaniel

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    My 69 with 225 has the 22x17 core and it has a 5 blade on it.
     
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    timgr

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    I'm not the greatest expert on the V6s, but 7 blades will move more air than 5 blades. 7 blade fan may have come with a thermal clutch. I would guess that HD cooling is a shroud, 7 blade fan and a fan clutch.

    Any fixed fan is going to be noisy. If it were mine, I'd run a fan clutch or convert to an electric fan.
     
  17. Aug 7, 2013
    colojeepguy

    colojeepguy Colorado Springs

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    Neither of the fans pictured above will work with a fan clutch, they take a larger center hole.
    My '70 :v6: came with a 4 blade fan, and tended to run hot on long climbs off road, or hot days in traffic.
    A homemade fan shroud made a world of difference, without any extra noise.
     
  18. Aug 7, 2013
    Steve's 70-5

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    7 blade fan 15 1/2 inches across

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  19. Aug 7, 2013
    nickmil

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    The Daughter's '70 had a 4 blade fan also. Swapped it to a 7 blade. The stock units I've seen did not have a fan clutch on a '71 and older CJ. Fans that use a clutch have a larger bolt pattern spread and much larger center hole that won't bolt to the water pump without the clutch assembly.


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  20. Aug 7, 2013
    MarkK

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    My late 69-70 had a 4 bladed fan, I recently replaced it with one off of a Buick 350. It cools much better now. Mine didn't have a shroud ever that I can tell.
     
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