yes the fan does bolt to the water pump, no clutch, next is do you have A/C , if yes you should have a five blade steel flex fan with a shroud , if no, you will have a solid four blade fan ,with a cheep cover on top to try to keep hands , fingers , ties etc out of the way,  it does have a idiot light , it says engine when you turn on the key before you crank the engine up, if it does not the bulb is burnt out or you have a short, the temp sensor is on the left side (drivers ) in the back on the block, above on the head is the oil pressure sensor , they are both hooked together , when you turn key on , engine light is on, oil press switch is grounded , engine is started the oil pressure switch ungrounds , light goes off,  engine runs hot and temp sensor grounds same wire light comes on, engine running hot could be in the past the coolent system was not taken care of, signs of rust big time , flushing now may be to late, you might have a clogged radiator and or the tin impeller on the water pump has rusted away ( seen that one before) or worse you might have a cracked head , that may have happen when the idiot light was not hooked up when the car overheated real bad one time , hope this helps , good luck

i guess ill have to switch to an electric fan, the fan constantly running is keeping my car too cool to really heat up.


is your thermostat broken?   take it out of the motor, stick it in a small pot of water and place the heat to it on the stove with a  thermometer in the water and watch the temp versus when the plunger opens or closes....  is it open  and is never closed?

get a new one then.

too cool meaning the interior temp in the car?  or the temp of the engine?  big differences.