EFan installed..
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I only used 2 for the head light fix, just tee'd the driver's side off. It still gets 13v.
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That was the nice thing about my old truck. My dad had it new and installed a back of relays on one of the inner fenders for all of his ham radio equipment. He equip migrated to his new truck and i was left with the relays.
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I use one relay , wired so it comes on with the ignition on , then have a toggle switch to turn the fan off . Also have a kill switch wired to the coil so i can shut off the ignition & still run the fan .....Lew
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I am going to use a temp sensor, then wire in a by pass toggle switch still havent desided if i am going to use batt power or KO power. I would like to be able to cool the truck down at the race track as much as possible.
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Yeah thats what i use mine for , its nice to be able to shut the fan off when you make a run at the track or on the street when you don't need it & be able to run the fan with the motor off to cool down , i use the kill switch in case i have to shut the motor down i just hit the switch ....Lew
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Bayer, That's pretty weird your fans are coming on without your coolant temp's being up to desired temp you chose. I'm willing to bet your switch is faulty. Like I said I have the same switch and no relay and have no issues with mine turning on if not hot enough.
I'm in the process of rewiring my fan setup. I have a new two speed 16'' fan. I'm wiring the low speed up to a t stat that will switch on at whatever temp I chose. Then I'll have a switch inside that will be able to switch from auto low, off, and full time high.
I'm in the process of rewiring my fan setup. I have a new two speed 16'' fan. I'm wiring the low speed up to a t stat that will switch on at whatever temp I chose. Then I'll have a switch inside that will be able to switch from auto low, off, and full time high.
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Thanx bud..
The fan came out of a Mercury Sable 3.0. ... Same thing.. yeah..
I was averaging 12/23 at best. I think I'll clock my city mileage this week. I typically fill my tank three to four times a week.
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^That's right, I remember you saying that now.
I'm real interested to see how your MPG figures turn out. I looked into doing an E-fan swap last summer, but ran out of time. Maybe this summer....
Keep us posted.
I'm real interested to see how your MPG figures turn out. I looked into doing an E-fan swap last summer, but ran out of time. Maybe this summer....
Keep us posted.
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^ I was watching Xtreme 4X4 this morning and Eean said that they did an E-Fan swap on a Cummins Dodge and only picked up about .15 MPG which equates to an extra 3 extra miles per tank. Prolly not gonna be a big change, but the power gain was worth it. That thing really didn't need a fan running all the damn time.
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Got a high idle when the truck gets good and WARM now.. Not hot.. Have the fan set to come on at the "A" on NORMAL. I got a temp probe thing, I'll have to shoot it tomorrow to see what the temp is. I figured that the EEC sees the temp getting high and raises the idle thinking that the belt fan will cool it off.