Hi all,
I'm working on my 93 sc with a 5.0L conversion. Two things to mention is that the car has a factory Ford electric fan which is not the super coupe fan (i suspect n/a 3.8L or 4.6L fan) and it uses a thermostatic relay to turn the fan on.
Well a few days ago the car started to overheat and I noticed the fan did not come on. I took the fan out, applied 12v to it and the fan came on...so I attributed the problem to the old thermo relay. I replaced it with another (better) thermo relay unit, hooked everything up and when the fan tries to come on the 25A inline fuse to the fan motor blows.
Not quite sure what is going on, I double checked the connections of the new thermo unit and everything was done correctly. Could it be that the fan motor is shorting out inside and therefore blowing the fuse (and if so, is there a way I can test the motor to make sure)? Could it just be that I need a fuse with higher amperage?
I'm working on my 93 sc with a 5.0L conversion. Two things to mention is that the car has a factory Ford electric fan which is not the super coupe fan (i suspect n/a 3.8L or 4.6L fan) and it uses a thermostatic relay to turn the fan on.
Well a few days ago the car started to overheat and I noticed the fan did not come on. I took the fan out, applied 12v to it and the fan came on...so I attributed the problem to the old thermo relay. I replaced it with another (better) thermo relay unit, hooked everything up and when the fan tries to come on the 25A inline fuse to the fan motor blows.
Not quite sure what is going on, I double checked the connections of the new thermo unit and everything was done correctly. Could it be that the fan motor is shorting out inside and therefore blowing the fuse (and if so, is there a way I can test the motor to make sure)? Could it just be that I need a fuse with higher amperage?