I'm going to remove the clutch fan, stocker electric fan, old radiator, shroud, coolant overflow and windshield washer tank this weekend. Also re-running the grounds to the battery with a few mods there too. I have all new parts going back in and replacement concepts for the tanks and shroud that'll stand in for the stocker stuff.

I have a brand new Taraus fan, the Flexalite VSC controller that'll be used to keep the D cool automatically.

QUESTIONS:

- Any nice photos of shroud tank replacements that you guys have done?
- I plan on grabbing 'key on power' from the fuel pump relay under the hood. Comments suggestions there?
- With the oil and transmission coolers, any predicted issues on uncoupling them from the stocker old radiator while the replacement goes in? I hope to just pull them out of the way but not sure on the bracket connectivity.
- Did you guys pull off the crossmember brace while doing the fan only swaps? I think it has to come off for the radiator swap.
- Any other advise, gotchas-to-look out for?


I'm hoping to be down just Saturday via a 5-10 hour session depending on what all it takes to complete the mods. I'll be over the road testing out the setup directly via trial-by-fire with a 650 mile round tripper to Northern Ohio on Monday, followed by the next weekend a 2500 mile round trip to Florida and then two weeks later a 1300 mile round trip to Carlisle. With daily driving tossed in there, I don't have the luxury of it not working the first time out.

Thanks a million for all the advice, and assistance in advance.

IndyDurango

 

Good luck Indy! Please keep us posted with pics and write-ups.

 

+2 on write up and lots of pics!

 

As for the coolers I see no issue.

The fan can be removed easly without removing the shroud on mine. Yours is different than mine!

You can buy a fan with the shroud built on to install perfectly. Just remove yours and bolt on.

I would pull from the PDC red wire in direct attachment and install a hard wire fuse as seen in here on the left. Don't look at the paint circles because they were for a different write up.



I would do the swap when you get back and have more time on your hands.

 

I like the operation of the VSC to reduce startup surge and noise. I just bought a fan and I am going to order the VSC.

 

So I'll only need the VSC? No need for a relay? Please advise. Thanks!

 

We need write up's with pictures and part #'s

 

Done. Works great. Looks good. I'll get a write up done soon.

IndyD

 

Congrats Indy! One question, did you use a relay for the VSC?

 

No. LOL. The VSC has all the relays it needs built into itself. One and done my friend.

IndyD