Fan shroud?
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Fan shroud?
I just bought a '88 Ranger 2.9 manuel trans. I was looking over the engine bay and noticed that the rad. shroud is just over the top part of the rad. but does not cover the bottom or the sides. I can see clips on the bottom to support a shroud. The engine runs cool, even on 95 degree days. Anyway it looks halfway finished, don't look right.
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Same on my 98 2.5L. I think it's mainly just to keep people from lopping their fingers off in the fan. With modern automotive technology we really don't need to funnel all of that air anyway. The system is efficient as it is.
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my 85, 86 BII's and my 85, 91, 93 and 96 Ranger all have full shrouds. Did the truck have a body lift on it? Sometimes people forget to drop the radiator and just cut the bottom half of the shroud off. 
Either way it don't affect cooling any.
Either way it don't affect cooling any.
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No, it doesn't have an a/c. So I'm assuming that a non a/c truck comes with a half shroud? And no lift has been done on the truck, either. Thanks for all of your replies, I think that I'll look for one on my next visit to the junkyard, can't hurt, huh?
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Partial fan shroud, '92 2.3 5-speed, ext. cab
I see this is a very old thread but I'm posting on it because of what I just discovered.
My truck does not have A/C so I guess this thread answers my question--yet it doesn't make sense.
I'd guess the partial shroud at the top covers 20% of my fan circumference, and the fan is pretty far from the radiator. I see that others have found they have the partial shroud too, and the lack of A/C appears to be the reason.
Why would it have hurt anything for the factory to install a full shroud anyway so as not to risk overheating? Saving a buck or two?
I thought Ford was better than that.
Ray Mac.
My truck does not have A/C so I guess this thread answers my question--yet it doesn't make sense.
I'd guess the partial shroud at the top covers 20% of my fan circumference, and the fan is pretty far from the radiator. I see that others have found they have the partial shroud too, and the lack of A/C appears to be the reason.
Why would it have hurt anything for the factory to install a full shroud anyway so as not to risk overheating? Saving a buck or two?
I thought Ford was better than that.
Ray Mac.
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