I'd like the Viper fan better, but I priced it at a normally cheap
online dealership and they wanted $330 for it! Thank you Daimler for
doubling the cost of all dealership parts.
For $288 in my pocket by using the Taurus fan, I'll suffer through
using a F*rd fan...
MattB
On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:44:43 -0400, rsb7424@gmail.com (Scott Lane)
wrote:
>
>I have been running a Black Magic 150 on my 5.2 for years now. It
>works fine except for sitting in traffic on hot days.
>This does not happen to me too much since I moved away from Atlanta.
>I bought a Viper fan but never did install it
>and sold it to a guy with a Ram. He did something interesting, he
>took the Viper fan out of its shroud and mounted it
>in his stock shroud and it works great for him.
>
>Rascal
>
>On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:05 AM, Bob Nichols <bocd@optonline.net> wrote:
>>
>> Since you guys are talking fans.....the one I picked up off ebay stinks...
>> I'm running too hot.
>>
>> What b/m fan or other will work well on my 6er
>>
>> Thanks
>> bob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
>> teseract@moparhowto.com
>> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:19 PM
>> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>> Subject: RE: DML: RE: Electric fan power source
>>
>>
>>
>> I've got a Derale 16759 adjustable temperature unit coming that has a built
>> in
>> A/C override circuit. Has a 30amp relay, so I figured that should be
>> sufficient. Picked it up from Summit for 40 bucks (part# DER-16759). Some
>> of
>> the 97-2004 Dakota guys and some of the Jeep guys are using the fan assembly
>> from a 90-95 3.8Lv6 Taurus from the pick-n-pull lots to replace the belt
>> driven
>> fan. I found it at Rockauto on one of their wholesaler closeout deals new
>> for
>> $42, so I figured what the heck. It's a 2 speed fan, but I'll just hook up
>> the
>> high speed as I don't feel like dinking with all the relays needed to use
>> the
>> low speed for AC and the high speed for cooling.
>>
>> After I asked this question last night I was laying in bed thinking about it
>> and felt a bit stupid after I realized what people have told me on the list
>> today - I don't need a key on source for the main amp draw due to the relay.
>>
>> Duh. Between this and the Hella 500 driving lamps I need to install I'm
>> going
>> to be in wiring heck for a while.
>>
>> I just hate the clutch fan... I don't like the roar of it when I first start
>> the truck, I don't like the load on the water pump bearings, I don't like
>> the
>> hazard of working on a running engine with it spinning away, I don't like
>> the
>> load on the engine when the clutch is engaged, and I would really like to
>> have
>> better A/C at low speeds.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> MattB
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: DML: RE: Electric fan power source
>> From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org>
>> Date: Sat, May 23, 2009 10:01 am
>> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>>
>>
>> The battery and an ignition switch source. What fan controller do you
>> have?
>>
>> - Bernd
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matt Beazer [mailto:teseract@moparhowto.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 5:13 AM
>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> Subject: DML: Electric fan power source
>>
>>
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