Fan Hub Bolts

Henry/Kokomo

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Can anyone tell me the proper size for the 8 bolts which secure the fan to the fan hub on a 59ab engine? I think they must be #12 or #14 but I'm not sure. I looked in Roy Nacewicz's catalog but didn't see anything listed. Any help appreciated.
 
This stuff is actually in the parts book for most fasteners! Look up the fan...normal one for you is 51A-8600. Right below, it calls for 8 355249-s fasteners, 12-32 X 1 1/16 and lockwashers 356335-s, 7/32. If you flip to the hardware section in the back you can look them up for more detail.

Note that catalog also shows an earlier fan still in use, but you can tell it is not what you have because it uses 4 bolts.
 
This stuff is actually in the parts book for most fasteners! Look up the fan...normal one for you is 51A-8600. Right below, it calls for 8 355249-s fasteners, 12-32 X 1 1/16 and lockwashers 356335-s, 7/32. If you flip to the hardware section in the back you can look them up for more detail.

Note that catalog also shows an earlier fan still in use, but you can tell it is not what you have because it uses 4 bolts.
Thank you very much. Really appreciate the info.
 
Green Bible, page 395, but Bruce beat me to it.

This stuff is actually in the parts book for most fasteners! Look up the fan...normal one for you is 51A-8600. Right below, it calls for 8 355249-s fasteners, 12-32 X 1 1/16 and lockwashers 356335-s, 7/32. If you flip to the hardware section in the back you can look them up for more detail.

Note that catalog also shows an earlier fan still in use, but you can tell it is not what you have because it uses 4 bolts.
 
A PS on that...
Some parts catalogs have lengthy "Standard Parts" sections in the back, others very brief. There is also a Ford Standard Parts catalog with full listings...mine is I think about 1946. The suffixes like the "s" above call out the finish, plain steel, cad or nickel, etc. The catalog in my office doesn't have that info.
The standard parts numbers are, I believe, auto industry standards, not just Ford. If I am correct, you could go into a Chevy dealer today and perhaps get a bolt the right configuration...though I am sure non metric stuff is disappearing fast, AND you would be getting a modern equivalent with modern standard head thickness and configuration.
In the Ford catalog, standard parts are those things that are available through normal hardware channels.
If a bolt or whatever has special characteristics peculiar to its Ford use, special shape, special heat treatment, whatever, it will carry a Ford part number. Your head studs, for instance, carry a Ford PN in the engine series, while the nuts on them are standard parts. You can get a usable stud at the hardware store, but it won't snug into the Ford recess properly so it stands straight and it probably has different toughening standards in its heat treat.
 
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