Offroad-Express

Went up the ashley today with the 4wd corse which was realy good, but attemting a water crossing the fan bent foward and chewd up the radiator . the fan is just mounted on the front of the engine.
What is the bes option here? get the radiator re- coiled or fit a new one with an electric fan?
whats going to be beter in the long run? and what costs are involved?
any advise would be appreciated.

cheers mike.

P.S thanks mike for the tow home

Mike's SJ413 kept pace with 2x Surfs and a Patrol in fact it went where one of the Surfs & the Patrol didn't.
It was a great example of how well a small, inexpensive, SWB 4WD can do.

Excluding the radiator damage Mike & his Suzuki did really good (in my inexperienced opinion)

Actyon Man

What sort of fan is it that went through the radiator, plastic, steel, stainless?

hey
thanks actyon man, it was a plastic fan tht went through the radiator

i think from memory the 413's have a solid engine driven fan, remove that and get a Viscous fan for it, so when you hit water and the engine is pulling revs the fan will actually stop and the viscous fan hub will spin... i think that makes sence ?

wopass wrote:i think from memory the 413's have a solid engine driven fan, remove that and get a Viscous fan for it, so when you hit water and the engine is pulling revs the fan will actually stop and the viscous fan hub will spin... i think that makes sence ?

The fan in it is already a viscious one.

tallsam66 wrote:

wopass wrote:i think from memory the 413's have a solid engine driven fan, remove that and get a Viscous fan for it, so when you hit water and the engine is pulling revs the fan will actually stop and the viscous fan hub will spin... i think that makes sence ?

The fan in it is already a viscious one.

screws that idea then dont it move it further away from the radiator ?

wel on my rover motor it has a aviscos and i just destroyed my 3rd fan in the weekend, so electric is the best

Yea from what most people say, my best option seems to be an electric fan.
What is involved in putting one in? dose it just swap over with the old on or what?
and what elctrics need to be run for it?

thanks mike.

just power and either a switch or temp sensor or both

Mike
send me a PM , i have an electric fan here you can have
already set up to fit standard 413 radiator
Bob

Thanks bob, have sent pm

finally got round to taking radiator out this weekend, will be going in for a re core this week hopefully, also have an electric fan which will be going in at some stage