I just got this truck... So I don't much on the history.

I was getting some leakage from what I though was the weep hole on the fan shaft housing.
I had already checked on and ordered a new water pump.

I was going to drive it into town to get the new water pump when the fan let go. Not sure what broke or came loose.. still to sick to luck at it anymore today. I did notice it looks like the pullies are still attached to the back of the fan shaft so I'm guessing the house broke off completely.

At any rate.... Looks like I'm going to need a new or refurbished radiator at a minimum. Anybody know where I could a used or rebuilt radiator? I'm in West Central Minnesota.

Thx

 

LMC truck has em new.........first place I would check is the junk yard or a rad shop.........thats just me though but hey 10 cents on the dollar is pretty gooooood

 

Please update.

 

Updates please.

 

nothing new. Haven't had a chance to work on it. You can delete the thread if you want... I'll come back if I need anymore help. thx

 

Moved to the Ford truck section.

 

In a pretty retarded engineering decision, someone decided to have the fan clutch thread onto the water pump. If you dont have the fan clutch tight enough or use some loctite, when the motor is shut down, the rotation of the fan can spin it off the pump since it's reverse threaded.

 

When the bearings on the water pumps on those old trucks give out the fan comes foward and usauly kisses the radiator quite hard, look for a radiator shop around you when mine did it i got the radiator fixed for about $50.

 

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