BeaverMeat
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Spent just over a month doing an overhaul of the engine bay of the Volstang which included custom fitting a Ford Contour V6 rad fan assembly... Yes, it fits perfectly on a 240 Diesel rad but it's a tight fit in-front of that 5.0L.
Having some thermo switch issues and looking for suggestions.
Currently my set-up is
Volvo two-speed fan relay
Volvo "regina" 102*-97*C thermo switch for the high speed in the rad
Beck/Arnley 201-1797 97*-92*for the low speed in the T-stat housing.
The Beck/Arnley sensor is the problem. The fans kick-in way too early and they don't shut-off until the engine is really cool... around 30*C (92*F).
Apparently that sensor is for a Toyota V6 of some kind... I'm starting to think (or recently discovered) that Toyota uses a closed circuit thermo switch design where the Volvo system uses a open circuit? idk.
So, I need to find a thermo switch in the realm of ~210*F that fits a 3/8npt (or M16x1.5 for my adaptor) Is there any way to use a common ground (single post) sensor on a open ground circuit?
Having some thermo switch issues and looking for suggestions.
Currently my set-up is
Volvo two-speed fan relay
Volvo "regina" 102*-97*C thermo switch for the high speed in the rad
Beck/Arnley 201-1797 97*-92*for the low speed in the T-stat housing.
The Beck/Arnley sensor is the problem. The fans kick-in way too early and they don't shut-off until the engine is really cool... around 30*C (92*F).
Apparently that sensor is for a Toyota V6 of some kind... I'm starting to think (or recently discovered) that Toyota uses a closed circuit thermo switch design where the Volvo system uses a open circuit? idk.
So, I need to find a thermo switch in the realm of ~210*F that fits a 3/8npt (or M16x1.5 for my adaptor) Is there any way to use a common ground (single post) sensor on a open ground circuit?