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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 07:55 PM
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best thing i ever did

best thing i think i have ever done for my truck is what i did today, i took the cesna fan clutch off it and put me on a 18 inch electric fan, hell yea, woke that ole hag up, it doesnt sounds like an airplane all the time now
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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Does it run constantly or did you hook it into the temp sensor somehow?
What did this set you back?
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 08:26 PM
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I'm not sure about lucky no. 7 but when I put on my electric fan it only cost me $80 total, $65 for the fan and $15 for the temp switch and relay.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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wow, I thought it would cost more than that... thanks Cj!
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 09:22 PM
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na i put it on a heavy duty switch with a relay , i am the kind of guy tho that keeps an eye on all my vitals at all times, i mean water and oil mostly, long as i am keepin pace with traffic who gives a damn about speed
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 09:31 PM
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Ummmmmmm - say cjjeeper85 - whereabouts did you score a fan for $65.00?? I assume that this was, perhaps, an auto wrecker yard? If so, what donor vehicle did you use for your truck? I know that Frederick is partial towards, I think, the Cadillac fans and I have been trying to score one or two for my truck. I have also been checking out the early 90's Buick cars with the dual electric fans as well. No luck so far - I just keep lookin'. I sure as hell can't afford the $450.00 plus that a new pair of FlexLite fans would cost me.

Cheers!

Mike
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 10:43 PM
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Actualy i got it from jegs, the part # is 778-67016 its a 16" fan for $63.99

If you go with a junk yard fan alot of the mustang guys get the taurus fans.
 

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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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from the taurus with the large six.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 11:03 PM
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i've been thining of a fan for a while. I think it'll be my project real soon. I still got two undeposited checks whippee
 
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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from the taurus with the large six.
Yeah the 3.8 L, but I can't remember the years you want to look for. I think you want an early 90's.

The lincoln mark 8 fan is another one to look out for to.
 

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Old Sep 20, 2005 | 10:02 AM
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I have a fan out of a 93 Mercury Sable wagon 3.8L w/AC in my Thunderbird. It cools my moderately built 302 without any trouble and the Turbocoupes have no grill opening at all, just an air dam. Watch out though, It's a 2 speed fan and the high speed setting (which I'm using) pulls 42amps! It fits the Fox chassis radiator almost perfectly. It probably won't cover a truck radiator completely, but it would probably still work well.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2005 | 12:17 PM
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Where did you get the temp sensor and relay? I have a set of fans out of a taurus just sitting there waiting to get installed.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2005 | 12:53 PM
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Could that be right? 42amps!?
 
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Old Sep 20, 2005 | 01:10 PM
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Where did you get the temp sensor and relay?
I got mine from summit, but you can get them from Advanced or Autozone to.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2005 | 02:45 PM
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i have lots of relays laying around....i just need the fan and temp sensor

42 amps is a LOT of draw!
 
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