Latest project.....more cooling.
#41
Senior Member
Posts like a Northstar
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Riverton, Wyoming
Posts: 740
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well I finally got it all wired up. It definately makes a difference being able to turn on the fans manually. Now I never go over half a gauge. After all summer of having my car overheat I finally realized that my high speed relay was shot and that'* why I never got cooled down. Well now i'm ready to stay cool for the winter now.
#43
Senior Member
Posts like a Camaro
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Columbia, MO
Posts: 963
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well since this post is back again I will share my ideas for us 95 guys....
I was tooling around (last month) with trying to figure this out using the relays like in willwrens picture, if you have a 95 this will not work (to my knowledge) While I was fooling around I remembered a post from someone saying that if you disconnected the AC evaporator sensor (i think thats what it was called) you can have the AC on and running but without the compressor running and taking power from youre engine....with this setup you could just disconnect the plug and leave youre AC on and when it got to temps the Hi-speed fan would come on, thereby cooling the engine just like it does when youre AC is on but without the parisitic drag. I havent tryed this yet but was thinking of running a wire from the sensor wire to a switch and back to the sensor wire to sort of loop the system into a switch so that whenever the switch is on the AC works like it should always work and when its turned off the signal isnt making it to the sensor therefore the compressor turns off. This all sounds good on paper but does anyone think this would work in the real world?????
::waiting for my busy season and inventory season to be over so I can play with my Bonne again::
I was tooling around (last month) with trying to figure this out using the relays like in willwrens picture, if you have a 95 this will not work (to my knowledge) While I was fooling around I remembered a post from someone saying that if you disconnected the AC evaporator sensor (i think thats what it was called) you can have the AC on and running but without the compressor running and taking power from youre engine....with this setup you could just disconnect the plug and leave youre AC on and when it got to temps the Hi-speed fan would come on, thereby cooling the engine just like it does when youre AC is on but without the parisitic drag. I havent tryed this yet but was thinking of running a wire from the sensor wire to a switch and back to the sensor wire to sort of loop the system into a switch so that whenever the switch is on the AC works like it should always work and when its turned off the signal isnt making it to the sensor therefore the compressor turns off. This all sounds good on paper but does anyone think this would work in the real world?????
::waiting for my busy season and inventory season to be over so I can play with my Bonne again::
#44
Senior Member
Posts like a Northstar
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Riverton, Wyoming
Posts: 740
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by willwren
So what was your final solution? Replacing the relay and wiring the override?
#46
Senior Member
Posts like a Supercharger
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Nanaimo BC
Posts: 190
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
eh... I'm cheating .. the aftermarket dual fans I'm throwing in the delta already have there own Hi/low with override switch, and the provisions to splice into factory Fan control (a/c, high temp, etc etc)
when all the bloody fans in the nose of the car turn on it'* gonna sound like a jet
(2 rad, 1 a/c, 1 trans/oil cooler) wheres that 200 amp alternator
when all the bloody fans in the nose of the car turn on it'* gonna sound like a jet
(2 rad, 1 a/c, 1 trans/oil cooler) wheres that 200 amp alternator
#48
Junior Member
Posts like a Ricer Type-R
Thread Starter
One hour, start to finish. I had the advantage of knowing where the relay was, and knowing how I was going to route the wire through the firewall. I already had a hole for my trans temp sender.
#49
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Chicago,IL MWBF '04 SURVIVOR MWBF '05 SURVIVOR Napa Manager
Posts: 3,955
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by willwren
One hour, start to finish. I had the advantage of knowing where the relay was, and knowing how I was going to route the wire through the firewall. I already had a hole for my trans temp sender.
#50
Senior Member
Posts like a Northstar
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Riverton, Wyoming
Posts: 740
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well I went ahead today and finished my switch install. I also decided since I already had the 3 position switch I would go ahead and wire the low speed fan as well. Getting a hole in the firewall was the hardest part I think. So hard in fact I still haven't gotten a hole yet.