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#1 Posted : Monday, 2 January 2012 2:55:18 PM(UTC)
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gday all,
happy new year, hope everyones year ahead is a great one.
i have an EB Falcon V8 which has the old clutch fan, i want to remove it and install twin thermo fans. can i use the twin thermo fan set up from an i6 NL Fairlane on the V8 or do i need a completely different set of fans all together??

cheers mick
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#2 Posted : Tuesday, 3 January 2012 1:18:54 AM(UTC)
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You need the fans off an EF/NF/DF or an EL/DL/NL no difference between 6 and V8 models.

The only difference is that the EF series had a 2 speed (3 wires) motor for one of the fans and the EL they were both single speed motors with two wires each.

Don't get caught and buy AU fans as they won't fit 9taller and narrower radiators in the the AU) and the only part that interchanges are the fan retaining clips (I found this out the hard way) the easiest way to tell an E series fan assembly is that they have 8 blades per fan and the AU have 6 blades per fan.

I used a headlight dual relay so that I had one relay per fan as they draw well over 20 amps each when they start up. I also used a large diode so that the fans run with the A/C compressor which is important but the A/C compressor does not switch on with the fans.

For regulation I strapped a $6 Jaycar 80 degree temp switch to the bottom radiator hose. Being a V8 you have two lower radiator hoses with a metal joiner in the middle so this would be the perfect place to strap the thermistor.

I can probably dig up a rough wiring diagram that I did of mine.

I had mine running straight off the battery so that the fans still ran after the engine was switched off for a couple of minutes until the bottom hose got cool enough to turn the fans off but a few years later I wired them through the fuel pump relay so they switched off with the engine.

Early EB radiators did not have provision for the fan shroud top nuts (the nuts are square so get them off the donor car if you can) but I doubt that there would be ANY early EB radiators left in service these days.




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#3 Posted : Tuesday, 3 January 2012 1:27:42 AM(UTC)
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awesome, thanks for the reply Jim. ill be using the twin themos off my NL fairlane. would be great if you could dig up the wiring diagram of yours. have you heard anything regarding the use of Volvo thermo fans?
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, 4 January 2012 7:44:54 AM(UTC)
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HTH Jim..


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#5 Posted : Monday, 16 January 2012 10:45:42 AM(UTC)
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thanks for the diagram Jim5.0
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