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Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
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If you'd seen what it did to that cat, you'd believe that a mech. fan can take an arm off. It wasn't like it was just cut up and stuff, no... bones were shattered, spine and skull pulverized, it absolutely destroyed that thing. That fan didn't even know that cat was there... I have no doubt that it would be able to cut straight through your arm, bone and all...
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Year: 1988 limited
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 litre
If you'd seen what it did to that cat, you'd believe that a mech. fan can take an arm off. It wasn't like it was just cut up and stuff, no... bones were shattered, spine and skull pulverized, it absolutely destroyed that thing. That fan didn't even know that cat was there... I have no doubt that it would be able to cut straight through your arm, bone and all...
a human arm has a thick bone in it, fan palettes will bend, but the arm stays where it is.
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Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
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Thats true, I forget jeeps have plastic fans, my buddies car was old school, it had a metal fan...
At either rate, I think it's agreed, even a thermoplastic fan will mess you up bad, haha, so best not stick anything in it.
Last edited by nasonguy; Jan 21, 2010 at 02:58 PM.
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Year: 1988 limited
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 litre
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From: The Republic of TEXAS
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
Not on our '98........metal rad fan here.
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Nope, the mech fan in an XJ is definitely metal.
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From: Lake Orion, MI
Year: 2008
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 3.0L CRD
was i the only one who felt hungry after reading this?
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Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
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Dang, I feel like a noob for saying it, but I never really looked at my mech. fan. I knew the electric one was thermoplastic, but I honestly never took a close look at the mech. fan.
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From: W.Michigan
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
If you'd seen what it did to that cat, you'd believe that a mech. fan can take an arm off. It wasn't like it was just cut up and stuff, no... bones were shattered, spine and skull pulverized, it absolutely destroyed that thing. That fan didn't even know that cat was there... I have no doubt that it would be able to cut straight through your arm, bone and all...
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Year: 1988 limited
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Ha, that's just a warm up for my wife, years ago she got 4 cats when she started up her old Buick Special!! A few years ago two more with the Expedition. I enjoy auto detailing but not when I have to remove diced cat. I'm the one who doesn't like them and I've never done that.
