JerryC
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- Joined
- Apr 10, 2014
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- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Vehicle
- Ford
I decided to try an electric fan to get better AC while at stoplights or just parked and at idle. I get good cold AC when the BII is moving but just sitting it fights a losing battle against the sun coming through the glass.
It got a new fan clutch and fan when I redid the AC, I replaced everything AC except for wiring and switches summer of 2017. I've prepping the BII for this for a couple of years, when my alt went bad i got the highest v-belt alt I could get locally, 95amp.
Also put in LED headlights to lower the amp draw.
I'm past the point where I enjoy crawling junkyards so I thought I'd get the Flexalite kit. Well, I'm off to a not so great start. Ordered from Amazon and the first one had clearly been returned as the parts were all loose and just bouncing around the box.
That and the burned up motor smell convinced not to "give it a try". The replacement came in plain box without any branding, I thought "uh-oh" but everything looked good, small parts in sealed bags, metal parts wrapped in paper.
So I pulled the fan/clutch and shroud and took measurements and started getting the mounting brackets together and test fitting. At this point I see that the thermostat control rod is at an angle, tried to turn it and it wont budge.
It's on it's way back to Amazon.
Now I'm waiting on one from Jegs, hoping for the best.
It got a new fan clutch and fan when I redid the AC, I replaced everything AC except for wiring and switches summer of 2017. I've prepping the BII for this for a couple of years, when my alt went bad i got the highest v-belt alt I could get locally, 95amp.
Also put in LED headlights to lower the amp draw.
I'm past the point where I enjoy crawling junkyards so I thought I'd get the Flexalite kit. Well, I'm off to a not so great start. Ordered from Amazon and the first one had clearly been returned as the parts were all loose and just bouncing around the box.
That and the burned up motor smell convinced not to "give it a try". The replacement came in plain box without any branding, I thought "uh-oh" but everything looked good, small parts in sealed bags, metal parts wrapped in paper.
So I pulled the fan/clutch and shroud and took measurements and started getting the mounting brackets together and test fitting. At this point I see that the thermostat control rod is at an angle, tried to turn it and it wont budge.
It's on it's way back to Amazon.
Now I'm waiting on one from Jegs, hoping for the best.