On a hard search...

[Kape]

Hi guy,

I am on a quest to find a cooling fan that comes with the pump and all. The hard part of this, I am just realizing, is the pricing. I was hoping someone on here could point me to a place that sells them for a good price.

I'm not trying to lowball on my car, I'm just in the process of getting everything flushed and changed and this was a surprise I was not expecting. I went to the mechanic and he was literally able to stop my fan within seconds with nothing but a small towel covering his hand. Once he let it go it started spinning at its normal fast rate. This is why I am not sure if I need to change the fan or the pump.

Thanks for the help!

 

[G-RELL]

Assuming your talking about a 1st gen LS (would be nice to include that) you may want to look at Hites electric fan conversion

 

[hite337]

The cheapest way to fix the hydraulic cooling fan is to convert to electric

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=68306

 

[Kape]

sorry about that. yup, first gen 2000 v8. just read over Hites post, this seems like it will be fun to tackle. I may just give it a try

 

[Telco]

Read through Hite's writeup. I have some advice based on doing several conversions, but not specifically on the LS. Mine had them from the factory.

The Flexalite controllers have had problems with burning up in the past. They are supposed to have been fixed, but no idea how well they work. Personally I would stay away from the Flexalite temp controllers although their fans are supposed to be rock solid.

Delta Controls is who I've used in the past when I was putting electric fans into vehicles that I was not going to use the computer to run. They can handle the current and have worked well for years. They are a bit pricey, but they work great. These units ramp power up over about 10 seconds so there's no huge, sudden load on the electrical center. And, they only run the fans at whatever speed is needed to maintain a constant temp so it will speed up or slow down the fans according to need. This gives you a more stable temp while only loading the engine to the minimum needed to maintain that temp.

If you want to go cheap, you can use a simple temp switch to trip a relay to turn them on. You can wire them up direct as Hite did, but this will cause unnecessary wear on the fan motor and will slow down warmup when it's cold. Here is a wiring diagram on how you can wire the fans if you decide to go with the cheap way of running the fans. If we were talking Chevy's I'd suggest getting a Corvette temp switch to be the trigger but seeing as these are Ford engines I don't know what to suggest using.

The AC in/out is the wire that goes to the AC clutch. You would cut it and connect the relay into that wire. This will turn the fans on anytime the AC clutch cycles, so the fans will run when the AC is on.