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BIGJIMMY
02-17-2007, 11:28 AM
My electric fans went out on my truck, dual 12's. What is the best electric fan i could put on my truck for a low cost? Im thinkin junkyard stuff.
stx4wheeler
02-17-2007, 12:40 PM
ford taurus, lincoln mark 8 with the 4.6, dodge intrepid, basically jsut measure what room you have and go to the junk yard with a tape measure and find one large fan or twins, and have at it.
CRaSHnBuRN
02-18-2007, 12:29 AM
yeah, just grab one out of whatever seems to fit. As for aftermarket, I've been hearing good things about SPAL. Flex A Lites worked okay for me, other than the one that caught fire and nearly burned my old buggy and house to the ground
Sharpe
02-18-2007, 10:09 PM
Ford Windstar.
BIGJIMMY
03-02-2007, 11:35 PM
Awesome, Im gonna check the junk yards tomorrow.
Cajun
03-03-2007, 12:59 AM
Another vote for the Taurus. Keeps my 460 nice and cool!
agjohn02
03-03-2007, 01:46 AM
same here. tarus works well for my LT1.
BIGJIMMY
03-03-2007, 11:45 AM
So I got fans from a taurus i believe, maybe an escort, but it is a 16 in fan. I put it on and now the wiring is getting really hot, like almost burning my hand hot. what is the deal and how do I fix it. Electrical is a foreign language of mine.
agjohn02
03-03-2007, 12:15 PM
you need bigger wires
BIGJIMMY
03-03-2007, 12:29 PM
like 12 or 14 gauge?
TxCruzr
03-03-2007, 12:31 PM
you using any relays?
agjohn02
03-03-2007, 12:34 PM
like 12 or 14 gauge?


http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm
BIGJIMMY
03-04-2007, 09:13 AM
Yesterday me and my friend put a relay from a 1 ton dodge on it and replaced some of the wires. It works perfect. Thank u much for the advice!
DRAGOONRANCH
03-04-2007, 12:28 PM
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f192/DRAGOONRANCH/GIFS/worthless.gif
agjohn02
09-18-2007, 09:12 PM
the brothers brune and i were talking about taurus fan control last week and i thought id post links to how i did it in this thread. fred, theres a pic of the crazy relay in one of them.

ones in charlie truck thread and the other is in my scout thread.

http://tamor.org/forums/showpost.php?p=58673&postcount=157

http://tamor.org/forums/showpost.php?p=58739&postcount=133
BMFScout
09-18-2007, 09:48 PM
I think you over-engineer ****, so there! :)
DRAGOONRANCH
09-18-2007, 09:52 PM
Jimmy, you just earned a nomination for understatement of the year. :gigem:
BMFScout
09-18-2007, 09:54 PM
http://tamor.org/forums/showpost.php?p=36268&postcount=41

This took me three minutes to figure out. This is how GM does it! (sort of) Ford is :rainbow: I understand high/low whatever, but on/off has worked for me so far.
AggieTJ2007
09-18-2007, 10:01 PM
i must have the ****ty fan because my taurus fan only has hi, but i am going to wire it like jimmy's no need for fancy ****