Morris Minor Owners Club

I'm in the process of fitting a1275cc ital engine which has no cooling fan. I don't want to fit an electric fan so can anyone tell me the best way to go. Which type of fan to fit. The minor is a 1960 2 door with standard radiator. I've read in the past on this forum that people have flattened the engine breather to stop it catching the fan. Can't this be avoided by ' packing ' the fan away from the cooler? thanks, Terry

I seem to recall the problem with packing the fan away from the engine is that you pack it into the radiator!

I've had a quick look and I think that there's room to use a few washers to bring the fan away from the engine breather, but I don't know which fan to use. Certainly there's no room for the ital fan with viscous coupling.

Use the minor fan, cut sufficient off the back edge of each blade with a tin snips to clear the engine breather.

Simple, I've done it!

Thanks for that Millerman, did you use one fan or two together, Terry

One fan should be plenty, certainly in winter. Have another on stand-by for summer, but as long as you are moving the single fan should be plenty. And as above - either trim the fan, or just bend it slightly!

Thanks lads, I'll post an advert in the wanted section

i bent mine slighly and it missis the breather and dosent go near the rad