[DeTomaso] indicator light

[Christopher Kimball]

It's hard to credit the third fan for all the success I'm having with my cooling (yesterday in 75-80 degree heat the temp never got above 195) because when I was adding the third fan I broke the original radiator and had to buy and install a new, brass one.
 
Maybe the radiator alone would have fixed the problem, maybe the third fan, but I do know that Doug Braun added a third fan to his and it worked well.  He was the one who suggested the third fan to me.
 
I'd add the third fan before a new radiator, though, since a fan costs about $70 or so, and a new radiator is just a wee bit more expensive.
 
Sincerely,
 
Chris
#3846> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:19:12 -0400> From: ERPIKE at cs.com> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com> CC: detomaso at realbig.com> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] indicator light> > Chris:> I noticed you have 3 fans. Did the 3rd fan help with cooling when you have to sit and ilde alot? > > Ed...> > Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com> wrote:> > >> >What I did was to tap into the wires at each fan motor (I have three--much to Mad Dawg's chagrin!) using the positive and negative leads right before they went into the fan motors and ran the thee pairs of wire to the dash.  I drilled three little holes above the headlight switch and mounted three different colored LEDs (which I bought at Radio Shack--made especially for 12 volts) so now I know exactly when each fan is operating.> >> >The LEDs must be hooked up correctly with the positive side to the positive wire and negative to negative.> >> >Chris> >> >#3846> >> >> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com> >> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:36:38 -0400> >> To: adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com> >> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] indicator light> >> > >> > >> In a message dated 7/19/08 17 37 44, adin at frontier.net writes:> >> > >> > >> > I need to have a little light to let me know when the cooling fans > >> > come on (ford, but not pantera) . . . it seems one could just take 12v > >> > off the fan to a light.  It also seems this is a fire waiting to > >> > happen - do I need to take the power off the relay???> >> > > >> > Help please . . .> >> > > >> > electronically challenged I remain,> >> > > >> > >> Dave,> >> > >> De Tomaso was way ahead of you--there is a fan indicator light sitting right > >> there at the bottom of your speedometer!> >> > >> That light is amber in color, and moron Lincoln Mercury customers interpreted > >> that as a WARNING light and this drew complaints.   So after early 1972, it > >> was left unconnected.> >> > >> It is a very simple matter to string a wire from the output side of your #2 > >> fan relay back to this light.   Voila! :>)> >> > >> Actually, if you string it from the output side, where 12V flows to the fan > >> motor, then the spinning fan might cause the light to glow when it is spinning, > >> but not powered.   Come to think of it, it's probably better to string the > >> wire from the input to the fan relay, where the relay gets its "turn on the fan" > >> signal from the thermoswitch in the radiator.> >> > >> Mike> >> > >> > >> **************> >> Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > >> FanHouse Fantasy Football today.> >>       > >> (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)> >> _______________________________________________> >> > >> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> >> > >> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> >> > >> DeTomaso mailing list> >> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> >> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso> >_______________________________________________> >> >Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> >> >Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> >> >DeTomaso mailing list> >DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> >http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso> >