Re: [FWDLK] JAG, You are??

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil -

What model Jags do these come on, any idea?  My buddy who lets me store
cars, has at least one Jag sedan for parts he got to fix another one that
was sideswiped.  Might have the same fan clutch -


Bill K.



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Subject: [FWDLK] JAG, You are??


> At this point, this is kind of a heads-up, on the very-possible
> retro-fitting of a 1969- 1987 Jaguar XJ-6 type viscous fan clutch, onto
> our cars.
>
> At Spring Fling, I happened to be lamenting to a sympathetic 'ear' about
> the fact that the 2 1/2" 'deep',  "mid-60's  Hemi" MoPar fan clutch,
> that I had bought @ LAST year's S.-F., which I  had  sent off to Fred
> Oliva (who advertises in MoPar Collector's Guide, & who might be the
> only person 'advertising'  for the overhauling of fan clutches) about A
> YEAR ago, still hasn't returned my 'clutch', & isn't answering my
> emails--he hasn't taken any money from me, but did indicate, initially,
> that his service might be a 'side-line' job, for him , and that 'it'
> might take 4-8 months to get the clutch 'back', & that the expense might
> be around $200.00(!!).-----that clutch looked like it had been leaking,
> so I figgured what-the-hell...
>
> The 'problem' w/a lot of the FWDLK'ers  is that they were so-well
> designed, that the usual/typical fan clutches that are available today
> (incl MoPar Performance's catalog-piece)  are about 3"  "deep", which
> places the fan blades too close (almost-touching) the radiator core.
>
> Anyway, Mr. Sympathetic-ear told me that he, himself, had installed an
> "XJ" fan clutch in HIS MoPar, & that it was a perfect-fit, & works fine!
>
> I got on-line, & found this company:
>
> jagoutlet.com; San Luis Obispo, CA
> 1-800-706-5247,
>
> & spoke with "Terry",  a nice Englisher-type- guy, who said that his
> company  "stocks"  these "USED" fan clutches, for $45.00.
>
> I sent him a tracing of the bolt-pattern of the 7-blade fan, that had
> "come"  with the MoPar fan clutch, and also the water pump "cross-bar",
> where it attaches to the fan clutch.
>
> "Terry" confirmed that the Jag clutch should be a bolt-in-fit, and that
> the o.a. "depth" of the clutch was 2 1/2" (which is the same 'depth' as
> the 60's-MoPar piece, I'd bought).
>
> Well, the clutch arrived, today, & beyond being greasy-grimey, it didn't
> show any evidence of leakage, or bearing-wear.
>
> After a lacquer-bath, it , indeed, bolted-up to the 7-blade fan (altho
> the front-edges of the blades
> 'fall' about 3/4" behind the leading-edges of the clutch's 'vanes'. The
> OEM pieces , I think, have their fan's-edges ALIGN  with the leading
> edges of the clutch's 'vanes'.
>
> If I hadn't had the car's trannie converted to water-cooled (with
> plumbing-connections to a 'cooler' installed in the radiator's bottom
> tank), I'd have drained the radiator & removed it, today, to bolt-in the
> fan clutch assembly, & see how it aligns/works.
>
> I'll wait til the Diamondbacks arrive, & install the
> fan clutch when the tires are mounted.
>
> btw, as the Jag's clutch's water-pump mounting-flange has
> drilled-bolt-holes, it looks like my shop shall have to cut/grind into
> the flange, so as to create "slots", for the easy-insertion of the
> bolts, that will attach it, to the water pump. That should be no big
> deal.
>
> So, FWIW, 'we' might finally have a source for a viscous fan clutch
> assembly, which should provide  quieter- engine-operation,   more power
> & and MPG.
>
> I don't know the comparative merits of (re-)using the OEM 4-blade fan
> -vs- installing a 7-blade guy, except that the "7" ought to move a lot
> more air, than the "4-fan" unit.
>
> Neil Vedder
>
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