radiator and fan blades, 1962 S2

[Timothy Keith-Lucas]

Short of ordering a new one from Redline, has anyone got a spare radiator for an S2? Also, the blades but not the little electric motor from the fan in front of the radiator disappeared in the painting process. I can cut down a larger fan, but again, if anyone has one to sell...

[IamScotticus]

https://usa7s.net/ips/topic/15450-ford-kent-fan-fan-motor-and-shroud/#comment-149151

[IamScotticus]

@Timothy Keith-Lucas

Ever find it?

[Timothy Keith-Lucas]

Ordering one from Redline was over $700. However, there is a small shop in Cairo GA (pronounced kay-ro) that repaired mine for $75, and did it in one week. My radiator was the only one in the shop that wasn't from a big piece of farm equipment or a truck. Repairing radiators is becoming as rare an industry as rewinding motors.

[Timothy Keith-Lucas]

I also found this fan blade for in front of the radiator. I drilled out the center to match the existing motor shaft, and reversed the pitch of the blades to match the rotation of the motor. $19 solution, with no trimming needed.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092479J4C?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

[Lotusfan]

While I keep the original motor and fan blade mounted in front of the radiator in their original location, it is just for looks.  Essentially useless for moving air through the radiator.  Given your Florida location, a bet that I’ll take any day is that you’re going to have to put an electric fan directly behind the radiator.  

[Timothy Keith-Lucas]

When I first got my 1962 S2, I had serious cooling problems given north Florida summer heat. I solved it by repeated cooling system flushes, adding a baffle between the top of the radiator and the snout, adding an oil cooler, and adding a fan on the front end of the engine. That fan was an original option and I found an original part. It does the same job as an electric fan behind the radiator. So far she settles in at 160 F and stays there. 

[IamScotticus]

@Timothy Keith-LucasWhat did you flush with?

[Timothy Keith-Lucas]

Lots of water first, then Prestone:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Prestone-AS105-Radiator-Flush-Cleaner/dp/B00B99U088/ref=sr_1_11?crid=27RXPGZILPKQL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3a2zweqVYuNyzHzjtoiK8Z4FG4LWnUJbh6PDjMYR0OBbJhUMDsKFKRur0Oo4Km99U6gdz6mFV-n-Z-QyF4iXHcV7khrdK0qT4oyJ5UgLNwIy4ZjOGJY7MwK4cNwQi1Bgzl706iUEVuZ7DHqhTQHy6WhTbAxSNZISFWvelsgwI-PUdwEijYRfpkamTvzYVLoX8yV5FKNGw-WEQOa51OGdj5WwSFm1_fOmQolk9b_Pc-bbeaReUlO3VHbXdwAVDmT8oJ-XApbR-4ceiLBp_6Vshmf8DEEbu6DQfwertn5WEaM.FNq5SqhFtgih63yaPNLO3MrE7uRxAjWYYF7sIWJATZA&dib_tag=se&keywords=radiator%2Bflush&qid=1753443896&sprefix=radiator%2Bflush%2Caps%2C354&sr=8-11&th=1

 

Plus my smaller (1500 PSI) pressure washer to get the dead bugs out of the radiator fins. Messy.

 

Filling my system is not easy.  There seem to be air pockets everywhere, so it's fill while the engine is running, lots of burps and bubbles and geysers, then stop the engine and drain, then repeat until the rust and gunk is gone.

 

Now it's rust inhibiting coolant from Walmart.

 

[IamScotticus]

This fellow on FB has reproductions of two fan types 

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214368856930768&set=gm.2738009776402635