Electric Fan On A 149
 

Hello,
I recently bought a IH Cub 149.The PO had a fan mounted on the inside front grill. The fan was broke so I removed it. How beneficial do you think a fan would be? And also if I did replace it would I want the fan blowing air onto the motor or visa versa.

Thanks

about every body on here knows more n me so well sere what they say. I kinda want to put a fan up there too. I dont know why but I had the idea to make it look like there was a radiator too ! just messin around with ideas for my show tractor, anything to make er look different/unique. !

On an air-cooled engine I can't imagine it would be overwhelmingly beneficial. The cooling is provided by air sucking into the debris screen, routing up through the tins and across the head. Now with a radiator setup, I can see some possibilities.

I don't think it would be that helpful and PA isn't known for it's hot summers. I think you would be blowing your money by adding a fan.:TwoCents: Pun intened.:biggrin2: Keep in mind it's your money and your tractor which makes it your choice.

With it pushing backward toward the engine , that would make it miserable in the summer being blasted by that hot air. But id you decide to replace it, try looking for one off of a liquid cooled motorcycle. They are typically pretty small and can be had for pretty cheap on fleabay.

Virtually all garden tractors take fresh air in from behind the engine and blow it forward so if a fan were to do any good at all it would have to blow out the front. IMM a fan blowing back at the engine would somewhat counteract the air coming from the back of the engine.

I agree, if you did put on another I would have it push out the front to pull the heated air from the engine and the large amount of heat from the muffler. I'm not sure how helpful it would really be, but it might keep the hood/ grill a little cooler.

It's not doing anything to help, so just remove it. The flywheel fan is more that capable of cooling the engine, provided the cooling fins are clean, and adding an additional fan several inches away isn't going to matter.

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If he had a electric fan on it, be sure he did not change out the flywheel, check and make sure the flywheel still has fins on it,make sure they have not been cut off or he has put a steel flywheel on it, that would be the only reason why I think he would have put an electric fan on it., that is if this motor has ever been on a pulling tractor, who knows :bigthink:

Hello All,
Thank you for all the replys.I decided not to replace the fan. However ,please look at the attached picture, should there be another piece of tin on top of the motor?
Thanks Rick