electric fans

[Rubi03 jef]

hey guys ..

my useless clutch fan is dead and i dont want it to come apart and wreck stuff

so now its time to look into elextric fan so where would i start to  look for these and how much air flow should i look for and where would the best place to pick on up


thanks

[WhiteOut]

Flex-a-lite has some great kits that bolt right in.

[FiEND]

i got one at pick n pull for like $10 and wired it in.  just make sure you have some flatbar across to support it and space it out from the rad a little bit.

[dubbleJs]

Not sure what the rad supports are like on a TJ, but if they are similar to an XJ lots of XJ's came stock with elec fans and it might bolt right in. I usually see one or two at the junk yard.

[Rubi03 jef]

I went with the flex-a-lite fan and it has performed pretty well... having an issue at the moment, but hey, this is a Jeep after all.  It comes with fan, thermostatic controller, mounting brackets, shroud and rubber gaskets so that it can seal to the rad and actually pull the air through the rad, rather than in from the sides of the blades - a very important consideration.

Now it's not cheap like the $10 fans, used Taurus fans etc., so if you have the tools, inclination, time etc. to make one of those work, it can save you some bucks, depends what your time is worth

where can i pick one of these flex a lite .. and what will i bee looking at for price tag ..

[Rubi03 jef]

thanks ill check them out

[BlackYJ]

Not sure what the rad supports are like on a TJ, but if they are similar to an XJ lots of XJ's came stock with elec fans and it might bolt right in. I usually see one or two at the junk yard.

Totally different.  YJ and TJ rads are almost square

[JackstandJohnny]

the lil' guy from an XJ won't cool your heep Jeff.
go grab a big azz 's' blade fan out of a taurus or minivan with the V6. these are big mofo's and usually do the trick. ihave one in my garage waiting to go in the YJ

[cLAY]

I use a Taurus fan in my V8 ZJ and it works well but I had to upgrade the alternator and battery to support it.

[Bnine]

Can I have your dead clutch fan Jeff? I need the threaded snout in order to make a puller.

[Elsifer]

Mopac on 16th ave has em, the Wrangler Extreme kit.
One thing to note, is there is an additional part# that you need for your expansion bottle bracket. Unless you want to hack up the old shroud to salvage the bottle bracket.

I highly recommend this, on mine, I noticed HUGE power gains, and an extra 100km to a tank of gas!
I put the temp probe in the upper portion of the rad, and set the thermostatic controller to the lowest setting. I ignored the a/c compressor tie in, and ran an ignition sense wire from the cab fuse box, into which I put an switch so I can turn the fan off for deep water.

You'll like it, I promise. I recall it was in the $300 - $350 range from Mopac.

[Rubi03 jef]

Mopac on 16th ave has em, the Wrangler Extreme kit.
One thing to note, is there is an additional part# that you need for your expansion bottle bracket. Unless you want to hack up the old shroud to salvage the bottle bracket.

I highly recommend this, on mine, I noticed HUGE power gains, and an extra 100km to a tank of gas!
I put the temp probe in the upper portion of the rad, and set the thermostatic controller to the lowest setting. I ignored the a/c compressor tie in, and ran an ignition sense wire from the cab fuse box, into which I put an switch so I can turn the fan off for deep water.

You'll like it, I promise. I recall it was in the $300 - $350 range from Mopac.

awesome ill look into it this week

[Rubi03 jef]

shity .. im looking to install that by summer   so i hope i have none of the issues you have had

[Bigg Rudd]

3 words... ford taurus fan.

[Bigg Rudd]

I chopped my factory shroud and reused it for the overflow bottel with the Taurus fan.