Lincoln Mark VIII Fan
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Originally Posted by I'm Batman
Bernie, like I said in the other thread there appears to be an early/late switch on the Mark VIII fans. Somewhere around 97 they went from two-speed to variable speed. The older fans used two 40-amp relays to provide power - start in low, then bump to high to avoid that insane 100-amp spike.
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Here's some various installation images on the web:
1968 Camaro :
I like the use of the side rails on this install--I may go this way...
The recovery bottle mounted on the fan is a nice idea too--moving it would give plenty of room to get to the evaprator van and VIR/POA on our C3's...
1968 Camaro :
I like the use of the side rails on this install--I may go this way...
The recovery bottle mounted on the fan is a nice idea too--moving it would give plenty of room to get to the evaprator van and VIR/POA on our C3's...
Last edited by PhotoVette1; Jul 27, 2006 at 04:23 PM.
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Originally Posted by I'm Batman
I thought about the recovery bottle thing when I saw a few pictures online. I think it's a Mustang part. I wonder how well it would work sitting at an angle?
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Originally Posted by BerniesVette
Great pics! What did you think of the amp numbers I got? A 30amp spike on start up and a 9 amp continous draw!
Bernie
Bernie
The images above show some pretty hefty motors being cooled--9 amps wouldn't even start to cool'em.
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by PhotoVette1
It's not really that much of an angle. The only drawback I see is that it doesn't hold as much as our current one. But, that should be much of a problem.
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PhotoVette,
Talking with the local lincoln service mgr, he said that the center wire on the plug was not even being used. We touched a power lead to it and it sparked but did not start the fan. The blue wire is the positive lead and the black wire on the opposite side of the plug is the negative lead. I will have a schematic tomorrow.
Bernie
Talking with the local lincoln service mgr, he said that the center wire on the plug was not even being used. We touched a power lead to it and it sparked but did not start the fan. The blue wire is the positive lead and the black wire on the opposite side of the plug is the negative lead. I will have a schematic tomorrow.
Bernie
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I like the weather trim idea. I am going to try using both leads attached together today to see what it does. Will look at the lincoln schematics in a few minutes for more info. The install looks good
Bernie
Bernie
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From: Sulphur LA
St. Jude Donor '05-'06,'11,'13-'14,'16,'18,'19,'24, '25
Originally Posted by PhotoVette1
Instead of notching it, I was thinking about getting channel weatherstrip and putting that on to seal it to the radiator. Was it a lot of work to cut that.
With the front mount serpentine the fan was 1/8" from the water pump pulley, just to close for me so I had to move it tward the radiator. Not hard at all to cut I used aviation snips to trim it.
Neal
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06,'11,'13-'14,'16,'18,'19,'24, '25
Originally Posted by BerniesVette
I like the weather trim idea. I am going to try using both leads attached together today to see what it does. Will look at the lincoln schematics in a few minutes for more info. The install looks good
Bernie
Bernie
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Melting Slicks
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I just checked the center wire and when connected to the other wire it pulls the fan down; it does not speed it up. The schematic I just received shows the center wire not being used with this fan, it just terminates it the harness. The fan with full 12 volts spikes a little over 30 amps to start and runs continously around 8 amps. The fan is not loud at all while running. This must be the same fan you have chevyman because the schematic shows a variable control in the circuit. Post more pics when you have time!
Bernie
Bernie
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Mark VIII fan on left, Flex-a-lite Black Magic on the right. Just for comparison.
Here's a nice write-up on the Mark8's baby brother--the Taurus 16" fan:
http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...cfan/index.php
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Here's a nice write-up on the Mark8's baby brother--the Taurus 16" fan:
http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...cfan/index.php
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Last edited by PhotoVette1; Jul 28, 2006 at 11:51 AM.
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From: walker louisiana
mark 8 vs crown vic
i found one of the mark 8s and i also found one out of a crown vic...they are diff but might work..it has something extra in the wireing tho....so how do i post the pics???
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Melting Slicks
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PhotoVette,
It puzzles me that I am getting such low amps. I believe I am getting only the low speed function to work on my fan although the diagragram shows that only two wires are being used.
Bernie
It puzzles me that I am getting such low amps. I believe I am getting only the low speed function to work on my fan although the diagragram shows that only two wires are being used.
Bernie