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TAURUS FAN INSTALL
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This was done on a ZJ but most vehicles would be similar.... Ford Taurus 2 Speed Fan Swap... This is by far the most cost effective mod I have ever done to my ZJ. Any of you with a clutch fan know what I am talking about when I say you can feel that thing dragging on your engine when it comes on.. Not to mention the noise it makes and if you do deep water crossing you definitely want to be able to turn your fan off... It is a Ford 8C607 fan. It comes in the 90 to 95 Ford Taurus and Lincoln Mark VIII with the 3.8 litre engine. I picked this up at a bone yard for $12.50 Here is the location of my Relays.. Well Relay.. The other two are for my lights..  In this picture you can also see where I ran the wires to the switches thru the fender into the cab. For the high side of the fan I had to do something a little crazy.. I went to autozone and bought a ford starter solonoid (sp) and wired my high side toggle to it.. Here is a picture of that..  Thanks for that pimptastic blue wire Buddha..  I couldnt get the stupid bolt off the clutch fan so I used my favorite tool to remove it.. (Thats sawzall for those who dont know.. ) But for others you can try to get it off.. Here is how..To do this install you first have to remove your clutch fan This is done by holding the pulley still and turning the big nut that you see in the engine pic (you will see it when you look at your motor.) For 4.0 people there is no big nut, just 4 13mm bolts. Anyway remove the fan and the stock shroud and take the new fan. It will clip right into the radiator edge where your stock shroud was. This is one of the best parts - the fan snaps right in to the edge of the radiator! I had to fab up 2 small strips that I bolted to the stock shroud screws and then bent to fit against the fan. I then drilled 2 holes in the electric fan shroud and put a screw and nut to hold them on. (1/4 X 1" and use a washer) Wiring is simple .. Green is ground.. And one of the others is high the other is low..(three wires =)) My engine looks like this now..  I will get a better picture where you can see the thrermostatic switch for the fan and the brackets I made and will add that picture soon.. As always... Wear boots when in your garage.... 
-Carl |
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