This is a little how-to on doing a single fan conversion.
The fan i bought...
http://www.txautosport.co.uk/12-slim...-fan-154-p.asp
depending on the size of your radiator.. will be different sizes required.
lets begin..
Right.. bumper off just enough for access!
Now, on your fan unit there will be a JB (junction box) holding 2 relays, on my fan, there was 2 screws (1 each side) undo them, and take the caps off, you will see this.
These just lightly twist out, (remember to pull the relays off first! and mark where they were! there is numbers on the plugs and relay, but you wouldnt want to chance it incase, so i etched mine with a screwdriver. on the top of the plug, the relay, i knew what was the top as it had inprints of bosch.
Next thing to do... Cut the wires going to your origonal fan, there should be 2 wires, 1 which is an earth, 1 which is a positive (dont cut it silly ammount, like right on the base of the fan unit! as you will only get yourself in to trouble if you cant get your fan to work atall!
Strip the 2 wires you just cut, generously.
Right... Now its time to mount your fan, and prepare it for being connected, these are held on by tie-wraps, you will have to tie it round the fins on the radiator, thats fine, dont be too hard on it though! as they are brittle, if you do go straight through the fin, it wouldnt really be a massive fault, as the fins are just there to help aid the flow of air to cool it.
Next up... get your choch-block, i used one from my days of marine engineering, these are useful
although afterwards i will be going out and buying a bigger junction box for ALL these wires to sit in, so it will be waterproof, or i will tape them up, either or works, On automotives if i remember correctly - black is a positive, not a negitive as if it were your house wiring, and blue is normally always a negitive.
Now that that is on... turn the car on, and wait for it to get to temp, remember if your car was cold, it will hit its max temp, open the thermostat, thus bringing the water temp down again which means a big wait... you then will have the fan come on at usually, mine came on like this... however, it was pulling the air, not pushing it.
To overcome this, you can remove the fan, and turn the fanblades the opposite way, OR you can reverse the polarity - if you do not know what this means... means switch the wires round! I however switched my blades round the opposite way...
Finished product!
Enjoy, hope its useful to anyone.
The fan i bought...
http://www.txautosport.co.uk/12-slim...-fan-154-p.asp
depending on the size of your radiator.. will be different sizes required.
lets begin..
Right.. bumper off just enough for access!
Now, on your fan unit there will be a JB (junction box) holding 2 relays, on my fan, there was 2 screws (1 each side) undo them, and take the caps off, you will see this.
These just lightly twist out, (remember to pull the relays off first! and mark where they were! there is numbers on the plugs and relay, but you wouldnt want to chance it incase, so i etched mine with a screwdriver. on the top of the plug, the relay, i knew what was the top as it had inprints of bosch.
Next thing to do... Cut the wires going to your origonal fan, there should be 2 wires, 1 which is an earth, 1 which is a positive (dont cut it silly ammount, like right on the base of the fan unit! as you will only get yourself in to trouble if you cant get your fan to work atall!
Strip the 2 wires you just cut, generously.
Right... Now its time to mount your fan, and prepare it for being connected, these are held on by tie-wraps, you will have to tie it round the fins on the radiator, thats fine, dont be too hard on it though! as they are brittle, if you do go straight through the fin, it wouldnt really be a massive fault, as the fins are just there to help aid the flow of air to cool it.
Next up... get your choch-block, i used one from my days of marine engineering, these are useful
although afterwards i will be going out and buying a bigger junction box for ALL these wires to sit in, so it will be waterproof, or i will tape them up, either or works, On automotives if i remember correctly - black is a positive, not a negitive as if it were your house wiring, and blue is normally always a negitive.Now that that is on... turn the car on, and wait for it to get to temp, remember if your car was cold, it will hit its max temp, open the thermostat, thus bringing the water temp down again which means a big wait... you then will have the fan come on at usually, mine came on like this... however, it was pulling the air, not pushing it.
To overcome this, you can remove the fan, and turn the fanblades the opposite way, OR you can reverse the polarity - if you do not know what this means... means switch the wires round! I however switched my blades round the opposite way...
Finished product!
Enjoy, hope its useful to anyone.
