Fan blade colour

[hawkit12]

Just a quick one! Does anyone know what colour my fan blade is supposed to be?

 

[ghce]

My original 1974 lump has a black fan.

Graeme

 

[Johnny E]

Interesting. My 1974 metal fan was red!

 

[harveyp6]

Red or Yellow.

 

[testrider]

My original 1974 lump has a black fan.

Graeme

They must like the added element of danger in NZ, watch those fingers!

 

[hawkit12]

Cool mine was red but had bed hammerited!!!! So figured not original think most of the ones I have seen are yellow and I like canneries

 

[WarrenL]

Mine was red, but I had it powder-coated in yellow. Simply because I liked yellow.

 

[GRTV8]

Looking very tidy there in her undies Warren

 

[WarrenL]

Thank you Gerald. That was a while back now - before all the ZF palaver. When I put the front back together after that little project I thought I'd finished for the foreseeable future and could just drive around to my heart's content...

 

[The Rovering Member]

Only ever seen red on the four-pots. Think both my V8's were red too, apart from the viscous.

 

[pat180269]

I think I read somewhere that sc's had yellow an tc's red but I could be wrong.

 

[WarrenL]

My original 1974 lump has a black fan.

Graeme

I think if you scrape off the last 40 years worth of dirt, oil and dead insects, you'll find it's red underneath...

 

[Dave3066]

I think I read somewhere that sc's had yellow an tc's red but I could be wrong.

My SC has a red fan, my V8 has a yellow/gold fan

Dave

 

[SydneyRoverP6B]

If you live in Australia, then the fan will run with a viscous coupling, have 13 blades and be made from nylon. In terms of colour, it is an unpainted creamy white, oh and the blades are very sharp indeed!

Ron.

 

[corazon]

If you live in Australia, then the fan will run with a viscous coupling, have 13 blades and be made from nylon. In terms of colour, it is an unpainted creamy white, oh and the blades are very sharp indeed!

Ron.

I've drawn blood on an SD1 vicious fan on more than one occasion :wink:
Jim

 

[pat180269]

I think I read somewhere that sc's had yellow an tc's red but I could be wrong.

Actually I think it's only the 2200's. Don't know about earlier 4 pots or V8's

 

[Quagmire]

My '74 3500s has a yellow fan.

 

[WarrenL]

If you live in Australia, then the fan will run with a viscous coupling, have 13 blades and be made from nylon. In terms of colour, it is an unpainted creamy white, oh and the blades are very sharp indeed!

Ron.

I've drawn blood on an SD1 vicious fan on more than one occasion :wink:
Jim

Both of you idiots need to learn to turn your engine off before sticking your fingers in the fan.

 

[SydneyRoverP6B]

WarrenL wrote,...

Both of you idiots need to learn to turn your engine off before sticking your fingers in the fan.

That is a big assumption Warren, and totally wrong in my case. I know the blades are sharp from cleaning them when the engine is off. Had I touched them when the engine was running, which I might add that I have never done, I would certainly have lost fingers or worse.

In any case, the 13 bladed fans run much closer to the radiator when compared to the metal fans, not to mention being surrounded by shrouds both above and on the rear of the radiator.

Ron.

 

[rp61973]

My Feb 1973 registered 3500 has a yellow fan, which I had powder coated in yellow several years ago.

I seem to recall reading that the early V8's (S1?) had red painted fans with the ends of the blades curled back towards the rear to prevent air breakaway at the tips. Therefore not sure why Rover changed this on later cars?