Radiator fan temp switch
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Radiator fan temp switch
I have a stock 87 Coupe with 160 degree thermostat and my radiator cooling fan doesn't come on until 220 degrees. Is that normal? Can I get a replacement switch that will turn on sooner? Thanx
Le Mans Master
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From: Santa Maria CA
Yes and yes.
I use this one, and it works very well.
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=3.138.944
Does your car have one or two fans?
I use this one, and it works very well.
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=3.138.944
Does your car have one or two fans?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,858
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From: Santa Maria CA
You can use the above switch on either configuration. You can see the install instructions right on that link above. If you had just the one fan and not two, you would have a pipe plug in place of the fan temp switch you currently have on the driver's side head. It has a square hole, and nobody makes the right pipe plug socket for it. You have to grind down an extension to size to remove it. And it's a real bitch, because those are on there really tight. I had to use a breaker bar on that. Lucky for you, you won't have to deal with that.
Le Mans Master
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From: Less Talk, More WOT | Houston TX
You can use the above switch on either configuration. You can see the install instructions right on that link above. If you had just the one fan and not two, you would have a pipe plug in place of the fan temp switch you currently have on the driver's side head. It has a square hole, and nobody makes the right pipe plug socket for it. You have to grind down an extension to size to remove it. And it's a real bitch, because those are on there really tight. I had to use a breaker bar on that. Lucky for you, you won't have to deal with that.
I got a replacement head and it came back from the machine shop with this plug in it. I twisted several pieces of bar stock trying to get that sucker out...
Still haven't been able to get to it.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Santa Maria CA
That pipe plug is a real peice of crap, and will **** you off because you'll spend time fabricating a one off tool to remove it since no size will fit, for a job that should have just taken seconds.
I had to put some massive force behind a 3 foot breakerbar on that little thing before it broke loose. Soaked it with PB Blaster for days prior to.
Maybe some torch heat would be ideal.
Here's what I devised after much wasted time tracking down pipe plugs, only to find no size made fits this hole. Either too big, or too small, metric or standard.
Gound down an extension with no bearing on the end to approx 8mm x 8mm. You'll have to sacrafice a semi-quality peice. Cheaper ones won't hold up.
I had to put some massive force behind a 3 foot breakerbar on that little thing before it broke loose. Soaked it with PB Blaster for days prior to.
Maybe some torch heat would be ideal.Here's what I devised after much wasted time tracking down pipe plugs, only to find no size made fits this hole. Either too big, or too small, metric or standard.
Gound down an extension with no bearing on the end to approx 8mm x 8mm. You'll have to sacrafice a semi-quality peice. Cheaper ones won't hold up.
Le Mans Master
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From: One day you're a Comet...the next day you're dust... Arkansas
Yes and yes.
I use this one, and it works very well.
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=3.138.944
Does your car have one or two fans?
I use this one, and it works very well.
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=3.138.944
Does your car have one or two fans?
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