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Originally Posted by Ron61
Joe,
Is your fan in the Mustang electric and how hard is it to change? Hope it isn't one of those have to take everything off to get to jobs.
Ron
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It is electric. It is not too difficult, but I have to remove the overflow tank and top radiator hose, so I will probably have to get some coolant to add back in. After that it is only a few bolts and 1 plug. Good news is that I got the last local one from Autozone, Nobody else has one, and Ford wants more than double the price. I know of 4 03 Mustangs in the last 3 weeks to have the fan fail. It is a shrouded blade fan and the blade shroud is breaking on all of them. That causes the fan to be out of balance and wobble. It begins hitting the main shroud making a ticking sound. It is not real loud and I could not hear it over my exhaust. For the last couple of weeks, I kept thinking I heard a ticking, but then couldn't hear anything. Now that the fan bearing is failing, I can really hear it.