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    Flem - let's do it. Maybe in three weeks?
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    ok, but theres a catch. you have to buy some chit. It might be cheaper to do the auxiliary sending unit, but I think this way is more reliable.

    http://www.moates.net/product_info.p...roducts_id=101

    or if you can find any other "chip" for a ford of that vintage it will work, we can hack it up and socket it to take an eprom.


    Hey do they have any female spade connectors at work that are smaller than 1/4"? Think you could tell me how much a pocket full of them weighs? I'm curious.
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    The idea of the chip is cool, and doesnt look to be much more. I know if anyone I know can make it happen, it's gonna be you.
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    Flemco in a Ford, say it aint so....
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    Ask your dad what it tastes like.
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    Tell Chris to get it up and I will do it.
    My bitch better have my money...
    Through rain, sleet, or snow...
    My whore better have my money...
    Not half, not some, but all my cash...
    'Cause if she don't,
    I'm gonna put my foot in her ass.

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    He's a bit of an eec-iv guru.
    Seth Stewart '04
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seth View Post
    He's a bit of an eec-iv guru.
    I know, I was just jealous cause I got's no cool wiring in da cheby.

    Maybe I get him to help me when I go 8.1/zf6.
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    Ask your dad what it tastes like.
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    Tell Chris to get it up and I will do it.
    My bitch better have my money...
    Through rain, sleet, or snow...
    My whore better have my money...
    Not half, not some, but all my cash...
    'Cause if she don't,
    I'm gonna put my foot in her ass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DRAGOONRANCH View Post
    Flemco in a Ford, say it aint so....
    I think it all started on a crappy f150.
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    So you loose, I win!

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    Nah, I think it all started with Flem and I laughing our asses off at a North Texas Binders meeting where this scout douche was bragging about his fuel injection with his system with the knock sensor screwed into the valve cover breather hole. I think we did Lurch before the F150, but I don't really remember...we did a lot of drinking during those.
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    Flem they sell 3/16" male and female spade connectors at napa.
    On the 8th day god created the Super Swamper TSL and said "go forth and kick ass"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fredo View Post
    Nah, I think it all started with Flem and I laughing our asses off at a North Texas Binders meeting where this scout douche was bragging about his fuel injection with his system with the knock sensor screwed into the valve cover breather hole. I think we did Lurch before the F150, but I don't really remember...we did a lot of drinking during those.
    Lurch was first, but we had been talking about doing it way before we saw bill's pile, and I think we actually had some parts and schematics.
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    Would a starter solenoid handle efans, or would it not handle constant loads?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seth View Post
    Would a starter solenoid handle efans, or would it not handle constant loads?

    I was reading a book in evans that had the formulas to calculate relay ratings.

    I can't remember the formulas, but I came to the conclusion that if it can handle 600amps for 30 seconds, 50 amps forever should not be a problem
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    I've seen some guys use ford style solenoids to control fans, but I'm a big fan of relays. In my mind, a starter solenoid wasn't designed for a constant load. If you are running two fans, I would recommend two relays. I used to have one 40amp relay on my camaro fans and it melted down a relay when one of the fan motors let go while cruising in Detroit for the Dreamcruise. So basically, it worked, but if one fan motor fails and takes out the relay, the other one goes down too. The reason I made this mistake on the camaro was because from the factory, the RS models only had one large cooling fan with one relay, while the Z28's had two fans with two relays which I didn't realize, so I put the dual fan setup on and just wired them both to the same relay not knowing any better. With that said, I made the same mistake on Lurch when I setup those fans, but I have been too lazy to do anything about it. I've lost a fan motor on Lurch too, but got lucky that it didn't take out the relay and just simply unplugged the offending motor and made it back to the AA in clayton on one fan. So, it all basically comes down to redundancy.
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    I am planning on running a single fan. I guess I can just look up whatever the stock app used and buy that one. Is a 40 amp good for the start up surge?
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    2003 Yukon XL - wrecked/motor donor
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    I have windstar dual fans with ghetto-riffic 30 amp relays in pigpen. A single 30 amp relay per fan is not enough, on my suburban I had one relay per fan and the fans killed relays occasionally. On pigpen, I have two relays wired in parrallel per fan. Its ghetto, but its hella cheaper than a single 50-60 amp relay per fan.
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