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Hello Wayne - 

ML>>>> besides, do you really want to reach into a running
ML>>>> engine and remove the crankshaft?? ;) ;) ;) 

TW>>> I have wacked my fingers more then once with a Radiator
TW>>> Fan. YOU DECIDE!! 

->> OUCH! 

->> I was talking with a friend standing next to his pickup
->> truck when one fan blade flew off (at idle). It pierced the
->> hood so fast that the hole just appeared there like
->> 'magic'. The blade fell to earth we know not where. Since
->> that time I do not stand inline with a running fan and try
->> to not work on an engine while it is running if I can avoid
->> it. 

WC> Ford sent me a notice on their composite fan assembly
WC> warning of this. Some dippy engineer decided you could save
WC> weight by riviting plastic blades onto the fan spindle. It
WC> was responsible for killing a number of mechanics. 

They didn't _do_ mass recalls in those days. :-( 

WC> Another notice I got from Ford was a sticker I was supposed
WC> to stick on my eyeshade notifying me the car could
WC> unexpectedly move from park or neutral into drive. 

WC> The week after I received that wonderously helpful sticker
WC> I was tuning the car and it did exactly that. 

WC> I had _just_ enough time to clear the distance between the
WC> car and garage door diving into the open driver's door and
WC> depress the brake pedal with my hand before the car drove
WC> through the garage door. Stopped it about 1 1/2 inches from
WC> impact. 

WC> Sure am glad they sent me that sticker else I guess I'd
WC> have just stood there and got run over. 

This was in the '70s? I seem to recall people being run over by
their Ford when trying to get back in to stop the car and
falling down. 

WC> Never did figure out how to set timing or points without
WC> the motor running to avoid a disintegrating fan blade. How
WC> would one do the advance setting statically? 

Theoretically you could find top dead center then work from
there. I used a timing light but stood well back as out of line
with the fan as possible. 

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