cooling fan

Never just rains, but I caught this one before it started pouring! Almost literally too... Got home from tonights Zed Shed session and was just about to turn the engine off, but heard a faint knocking noise. Figured it was coming from the engine bay, so popped the bonnet - noticed that the fan...

Came across a thread on BF about the fan delete again and am thinking of doing it as described in point 1 below. I've had the viscous coupling go as well as two fans disintegrate (nearly puncturing the radiator). Already spent plenty on this fan set up an wonder when it will fail again... Seems...