Well had an alarming ride home from work today. About 4 miles from my house I noticed my temp gauge rise and rise and rise. My electric fan quit. Luckily I was able to make it to the bank by my house and poped the hood and watched the coolant starting to boil in the overflow tank. Went into the bank to cash my paycheck and came out and started checking all the connections and then I jiggled the fuse and bam the fan came on. Don't know what happened. The fan worked fine this morning going to work so I can't figure what went wrong. Some advice for anyone with an electric fan. DON'T TOSS OUT YOUR OLD CLUTCH FAN. I have saved mine in case I get stuck somewhere I can call home and have someone bring me the clutch fan. So far though the fan seems to be working fine now.

 

Damn that sucks, I'd check the connections at the fuse holder and the holder itself.

 

wow that's kinda funny because i was telling my dad about how some of the guys on df were getting electric fans.My dad having a degree in electronics and quality assurance said "well what if a wire breaks and the fan stops turning!? Then their engine will overheat and burn it up! I'd say stick with the clutch fan"....lol

 

Shouldn't be a problem driving..

AS LONG AS.... you aren't doing stop and start driving....

The engine REALLLLLY likes to heat up then...

I drove a good 30 - 40 miles with NO fan on my truck... had no overheating problems..

 

I don't think soldering it would be a wise idea. I would probably take a small piece of black electrical tape and maybe tape the wire to the top of the fuse with the bare wire going into the slot with the fuse.

The chances of the fan failing like that are slim to none. Glad to see that you didn't overheat and damage your truck.

 

Well a good fuse holder won't have that problem, what amperage do you need?

 

Yeah, but you could damage the fuse with the solder, and I can't imagine it fitting in the fuse box.

 

It happened again today fan quit working. I pulled over and tried reconnecting the fuse block again figuring it was a loose connection but that didn't work. So I was able to get to a sears store and I bought some tools and took the fuse block completely out and everything worked. I don't know whats wrong with the fuse block. The fuse itself is fine. So I plan on tearing it all apart and installing the control box that came with the fan and soldering all the connections. I had bought a variable speed control which is extra and used that but it is very difficult to ajust it. Or maybe I'll try the fuse block that came with the fan. Its a 30 amp fuse.