[DeTomaso] 3rd Fan - anyone have pics of install?

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/27/08 8 51 20, thefuture98070 at yahoo.com writes:


> I'm about to install a 3rd fan.  My mechanic welcomes any pics or 
> documentation of successful (simple?) installs.  Thanks everyone,
> 

Whatever you do, do NOT use zip-ties through the radiator as the sole means 
of supporting the fan.   That's a hillbilly technique which will, in the long 
run, most likely see you on the side of the road with steam coming out, as your 
zip ties act like little saws and cut through the fragile radiator tubes.

I think Jack DeRyke suggested using brake tubing or something similar, 
pushing the metal tubes through the fins, then running the zip ties through those.   
The tubes would insulate the radiator from the potential damage caused by the 
zip ties.   Brilliant idea! :>)

BTW I've never seen a Pantera that needed a third fan.   All you need is two 
properly operating fans, either pushers or suckers.   If you do add a third 
fan for whatever reason, make sure you do NOT wire it up in parallel with one of 
the other fans--that is, don't cause the wiring intended to power a single 
fan, to have to power two fans instead.   The stock fan wiring scheme is 
marginal to begin with.

Instead, create a separate circuit for the third fan, complete with a 
seperate fuse and power source.   You can use one of the existing fan relays to 
trigger the third fan however.

Mike


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