How to Remove a Ford 4.6 or 5.4 Clutch Fan

In this video, we are removing the clutch fan from a Ford 4.6L V8. This type of cooling fan is on most pickup trucks from before about 2010, whereas most modern trucks use electric fans. The truck that this fan was on was a 1998 F150. I am converting from the clutch fan to dual electric fans from a 2012 Ford Explorer to free up some horsepower. A clutch fan can take upwards of 20 horsepower to spin at high rpm. The dual electric fans pull about 40 Amps which works out to about 0.64 horsepower, or maybe a little over 1 hp of drag on the alternator since it is not perfectly efficient.

[@michaelnavarre6611]

Thanks for sharing

[@charlesbrown4152]

This was helpful I was trying to turn the wrench the wrong way that's bro.

[@CoolStuffGuysLike]

Lol thank you! On these spinny mechanism threads its always a head scratcher to figure out if it is going to be a left hand thread or a right hand thread.

[@aguila5405]

I have a 2010 ford f150 XLT 5.4 v8. Do you know if a clutch fan of a 2007 ford f150 can fit in my truck tanks

[@nabasdak]

wine dude is also a mechanic:)

[@CoolStuffGuysLike]

Lol, I hobby hard.

[@kellyh4035]

Any advice for someone dealing with one where the previous person to remove the clutch fan used an air chisel to take it off but also put it back on with one?

[@dudemanproductions6532]

Air chisel it off again

[@kellyh4035]

@@dudemanproductions6532 doesn't work. Lol.
I had to fabricate my own tools and get ignorant.

[@No1gangster]

I'm doing the same thing on my '07 Explorer except I have the electronic fan clutch. How do I keep it from throwing a check engine light with the fan removed?

[@JustScoobyDooIT]

Tbh if there isn’t an official way to use say a big scanner to reprogram it to the upgrade I recommend if you don’t already have a “pocket scanner” invest in one and do a quick check even once a day or simply get one of the Bluetooth plug in models like “FIXD” that will send results and notifications to your phone any time.