- Joined
- Aug 10, 2014
- Messages
- 504
- Age
- 33
- City
- Madison, IN
- Vehicle Year
- 1995
- Engine
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Tire Size
- 215/70R15
I have a simple thermal switch on mine directly to the battery. It's big enough to handle the load of the fan directly. So if the engine is hot, it comes whether the key is on or not. Mine cycles several times on a hot summer day after I shut the vehicle down, and I have never had any problems with the battery. A lot of the older vehicles were this way, that's why they had the warning embossed in the fan shroud "Fan can start at anytime"
Duh. I remember my mom's old 1997 Nissan quest having that warning. I may make a tag with such at work; we have a 2" yellow label printer that would be perfect (I removed the red sticker from the new shroud). Thinking ahead in case for some reason somebody else is working on it... last thing I need is an insurance mess due to some twit getting his fingers nailed in the fan.
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More pics:
Prepping the fan shroud for JB weld:
Fan dropped in:
Had to do a lot of trimming to the Journey housing. The extra side cuts are to account for the "lip radius" on the sides of the ranger shroud:
After cleaning it up, I set it up and JB welded it:
Shroud top:
Shroud bottom:
(I put some in the gap before dropping in the fan, why it's so thin)
Shroud side:
(and one more side bead like above, wasn't able to shoot without disturbing the setup)
It's curing up right now... I'll add the cutout to allow fan replacement later. Used one pair of JB weld tubes.
I also swapped the water pump pulley bolts for button head screws (M8x1.25, 16mm long, available at the local Fastenal):
Progress?