taurus fan ?

I would think you would burn out the motor if you reversed the polarity to make it turn backwards. you would also have to flip the blade. A pusher will usually impede the flow in front of the radiator.

Do you not have enuff room to use it correctly?
 
I use one as a puller. Works pretty well, great if you consider it was free. Low speed is good most of the time since I built a full shroud. High is great to cool things off if I forget to turn on low speed and works well in the summer for slow crawling. I really need to wire in the temp sensor and just use an override to turn on high speed.
 
i used one as a pusher.This was on a '73 CJ5 with the 258, there was just not enough room between the radiator and waterpump.

I made a couple of spacers from rect. tube to set the radiator back about 1.5" to give me room for the taurus fan between the radiator and grill.

I cut away all the plastic frame/housing from the fan, and made a steel angle iron bracket that the 3 (or was it 4) mounting screws on the fan motor flange would attach to.

Works great on the trail in summer, fan will cycle on and off even on hot day on trail. I just have it on low. Run thru a ST85 NAPA relay and a block-mounted temperature switch.
 
greg slade said:
I would think you would burn out the motor if you reversed the polarity to make it turn backwards. you would also have to flip the blade. A pusher will usually impede the flow in front of the radiator.
Do you not have enuff room to use it correctly?
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Yeah room is the problem, we lack about a 1/2inch. Its an 84 cj7 with a fiberglass tub. We just put the M.O.R.E. engine mounts on it, and it moved the engine forward. There wasnt a way to move the motor back without modifing the mounts.
 
I had the same problem in my jeep after the V8 swap. I cut into the grill from behind and used c-channel to make a flat area to mount the radiator. Basically the radiator is pushed all the way against the grille and it made just enuff room to get that fan in there. if you need pics just shout.
 
jph0913 said:
Yeah room is the problem, we lack about a 1/2inch. Its an 84 cj7 with a fiberglass tub. We just put the M.O.R.E. engine mounts on it, and it moved the engine forward. There wasnt a way to move the motor back without modifing the mounts.
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Is the radiator all the way forward against the grill... if not, is there room to squeak it forward enough to fit the fan?
 
Im not sure if we can move the rad more forward without cutting like Greg mentioned.


Greg, some pics would be nice.. Do you still have the center hood catch, or did you have to remove it?
 
pics of the recessed radiator
 

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from above showing the factory hoodlatch and below showing the radiator pushed all the way to the body mount.

The radiator is angled slightly to gain maximum clearance
 

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I have the 304 in a CJ5 with a stock radiator in the stock location and it fits. I just took a piece of aluminum and it goes across the entire radiator, cut out a hole for the fan and bolted the thing up. I think I shaved about an inch out of the shroud to get a snug fit. No problems with the fit, it is tight but doesn't rub.
 
I did similar to Greg, cut into the grill moved the radiator forward. With the PS cooler on the front almost touching the grill. I had about a 1/2" clearance from the fan motor to the water pump pulley bolts. I toasted it on Lower 2 last March. I went back to a mechanical fan. The Taurus Fan did cool better.
 
Not sure what I used, I'll try to find it over the weekend, but you can go to NAPA...look thru their switch catalog -- all the Fan Switches start with "FS". For example, "FS102" (I made that one up). They list them by thread size and temp.

You find one that matches the thread you need in the block, I think mine was 3/8NPT, and then whatever temperature range you want. Some threads will have several choices for on/off temps, some will only have one available.

It was pretty easy to narrow it down.
 
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