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painted alternator fan
I remember seeing Pic's of a red (painted or powder coated )alternator fan. I am having a 3.0 rebuilt and I ask my wrench if he could powder coat the fan, he sent it out to two different companies. They both said they were having problems with the process. Can you paint or powder coat these fans or do you have to purchase them all ready painted? And if so who sells them?
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Powdercoat, zero maintenance, or polish, fair amount of maintenance. Have it bead blaster first. Also. do a search. There are TONS of pictures and posts on this topic.
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Most any powder coater can do that for you, but beadblast is critical
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It needs to be real clean or the powdercoat process will bring out any oil or grime in the pores of the metal. Also you will want to mask or grind the ends of the blades to aviod problems with fit upon reinstall.
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Powder Coating Fan
I had my fan and circular mount coated, and the retainer band
and pulley polished. Here's how it looked off the car...  And in the car....  There have been loads of pics here of fans of many colors... do a search and see if it gives you any ideas...
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Since no one else metioned it here, if you are going with powder coating the fan MUST be clean and it has to be outgasses prior to coating. This usually involves heating the fan in the powder coating oven for a few hours first.
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Al Reed can polish, paint and powdercoat the fan, housing or strap. His work is impeccable.
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After bead blasting, the fan should be placed in the PC oven for a few DAYS, to outgas. It is probably the outgassing (bubbles) that are giving the coaters fits. The fan is magnesium. With a file, you can trim the outer edges of the blades to avoid interference with the fan housing. After coating, I mean. But I would be sure to tape any spots you don't want coated. We taped the yellow metal area (pulley area) on mine but did not tape the back. So, the coating spewed through the vent holes. Finally, you DON'T want to get coating on the inside of the hole that the alternator shaft goes into. That hole is fairly precision, and coating would mess it up.
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Al Read did powder coated my fan, valve covers and engine tin. He also did a pretty good job polishing/powder coating the fan housing.
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