Hi Wayne.

27-Oct-03 11:42:00, Wayne Chirnside wrote to Charles Angelich


  -=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to MATT MC_CARTHY <=-

 CA>> I was standing talking to a friend while his pickup truck was
 CA>> idling and one fan blade came off, went through the hood of the
 CA>> pickup, and we never found it.

 WC> Ouch, my 1972 Grand Torino had a recall notice for it's fan!

 CA>> That hole in the hood of the pickup convinced me to stand off to
 CA>> the side when an engine is running.

 WC> I never would have thought it could have cleanly cleared the metal
 WC> in the hood of the car but was aware of this danger.

if made of high carbon steel  (to reduce weight) the fan blade could easily
slice theogh the mild steel skin of the hood.

I've seen a steel wheelbarrow that was punctured by glass falling from a
second storey window (one floor up from ground)

 WC> Kinda hard to
 WC> time a car equipped with points and distributor with a strobe w/o
 WC> having the engine running.

I guess you should inspect the fan first.
it's unlikely that the fan failed suddenly

 -=> Bye <=-

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