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bertfam

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Re: 68 Alternator Fan
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2011, 04:39:10 PM »
I don't think so but it's hard to tell. I enlarged just that area and it looks like it might be the "normal" 2 groove pulley since they look to be "squared-off" edges on the blades and not the "half-round holes" like yours. But again, it's hard to tell from that picture.

Martin, I've never seen any codes stamped on a 68 alternator either, but according to the REPOP HOUSES, they were used. (Of course, according to the repop houses the "Caution Fan" sticker was also used, so there you go!!)

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Re: 68 Alternator Fan
« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2011, 05:11:32 PM »
The alternator fan shown in the photos at the beginning of this thread is a one-year-only design from a '63 Corvette (and possible other '63 usages); easy to identify due to the 13 blades that are all the same size and shape, each with the little half-moon cutout on the vertical edge. All alternator fans from '64-up had fewer blades, with at least two blades (sometimes more) that had a different size and shape, to reduce/eliminate alternator fan "whine" or "moan" complaints. Somewhere along the line the one in the photo replaced the original fan.
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Re: 68 Alternator Fan
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2011, 05:27:49 PM »
The thing is that my father bought this car new.  He never replaced the alternator or alternator fan.  
I hate to replace parts with "correct" ones that do not match what was originally on the car.
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Re: 68 Alternator Fan
« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2011, 05:40:00 PM »
I don't think so but it's hard to tell. I enlarged just that area and it looks like it might be the "normal" 2 groove pulley since they look to be "squared-off" edges on the blades and not the "half-round holes" like yours. But again, it's hard to tell from that picture.
You're right, it's hard to tell for sure, but I thought they looked like the half-round holes.
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N10, F41, N34, Z21, ZJ9, Z87, D55, G80, P01, U17

bertfam

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Re: 68 Alternator Fan
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2011, 04:07:15 PM »
Well, like Kurt said, we really need the numbers off the alternator to see what's going on.

Ed