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Old 08-07-2007, 09:54 PM
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Are there electric fans for the 05 cummins?
 
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Old 08-07-2007, 10:22 PM
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Are you asking for a supplimental electric fan or are you looking to replace your belt driven fan?
If you are looking to replace the belt driven I wouldn't recommend it... I had a 5.9L gasser that I replaced the engine fan with twin pullers and a pusher and I had SOOO many issues with it. I lost a LOT of cooling capacity (overheated when only loaded with a motorcycle in the bed... on a 95 deg day!) plus the fan required so much electricity I had to upgrade my altenator (probably already on these trucks, but wasn't stock on my old one).
Is there a particular reason you want to add a fan?
 
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Old 08-07-2007, 11:00 PM
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I was actually looking to change to electric to free up a little load on the motor.
 
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Old 08-07-2007, 11:31 PM
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I personally wouldn't bother, maybe someone else has done it successfully, however I saw little difference on my 5.9L (but may have been because my fan clutch was dead...) power wise. I saw huge negatives in cooling and other issues.
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Old 08-07-2007, 11:55 PM
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I will stay with regular manual power. there are no flex a lite kits anyways that I can find so I would have to rig something.
 
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Old 08-08-2007, 12:06 AM
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I installed an electric fan on my 98 on the tranny cooler it did help when towing heavy loads up hill with little air flow. other than thay I would not mess with it
 
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Old 08-08-2007, 12:24 AM
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More of a hassle then its worth. Stick with the old reliable viscous fan clutch. I put a set of electrics on my old chevy, reason behind it was it had a flex fan on it that would throw mud into the aircleaner when I was out wheelin. The electric fans never seemed to work right. If you gonna add one, just add it as a supplemental fan to the stocker
 
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Old 08-08-2007, 10:29 AM
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Thanks Jake. I am goign to stick with the stocker.
 
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Old 08-08-2007, 12:37 PM
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I was thinking of adding a supplemental pusher to the front of the stack of heat exchangers for two reasons. One being the ability to have cold AC at lower RPM's like wheeling and traffic and the other just for supplemental while towing/hot days/low speed stuff. I would just make it selectable from a switch in the cab.
 
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Tommy, if you find one that fits between the grill and the a/c let me know, cause I am thinking the same thing.
 



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