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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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well I finaly got it instaled to day
I got a 14" fan off ebay 48 bucks to my door in 3 days

got it from ebay seller partsunlimited


This is a 14" electric fan. Curved blades make it a very efficient Quite quality puller type fan . 2500 cfm (Mounts behind the radiator) Measures approx 2 and 1/4" deep at the motor + 1/2" in the center for the motor bearing. total diameter 14 and 1/8 " at the mounting bracket. Now includes mounting kit as pictured. The motor uses 14-16 amps There's no magic in electric motors the more amps the more power the more air it pulls. Motor has full ball bearings Made by SNEM who also supply's fans to Ford, Chrysler, and GM. Don't be fooled by cheap imitations


it bolted up purity easy I had to drill two new holes on the top and slide screw clips from the shroud over to the new holes

on the bottom I used two 1-1/2 L brackets and some self taping screws to attach to the bottom frame member

I used a standard 87a relay to power the new fan

I ran a jumper from the auxiliary fan over to the relay
to kick the fan on at 210 and if the AC is running it will come on also
it is setup to be on constant with a switch but if the key is off it will go off also so I don't need to worry about forgetting it and having it run and kill the bat
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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what was wrong with the stock fan??
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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the clutch fan takes engine power to run, dual electric fans free it up
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 05:39 PM
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FYI you may want to flip that relay so the wires are facing down...to avoid water geting inside. i had my headlight relays like that and they got corroded and quit working.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 98 JeepJeep
what was wrong with the stock fan??
it killed my radiator
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https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/fan-hit-radiator-16899/
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 98 JeepJeep
FYI you may want to flip that relay so the wires are facing down...to avoid water geting inside. i had my headlight relays like that and they got corroded and quit working.

that would suck
this one is sealed with some type of epoxy was yours sealed??
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:22 PM
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Looks good have you tested it out yet. Or is cold by you to today.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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Got two questions. I have a Aux fuse box like yours I just mounted inside the cab and I don't care for the placement, do you have any probs with your aux boxes getting wet?

Second did you just simply unbolt the motor driven fan and stick the ele. one in place or did you have to modify the motor drive fan mounting location to make the ele. one fit?


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Looks good have you tested it out yet. Or is cold by you to today.
its about 80 today had it on the freeway got off into town
it went up to 210 both fans kick on and cool it down to 190 fast
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Originally Posted by mike37
its about 80 today had it on the freeway got off into town
it went up to 210 both fans kick on and cool it down to 190 fast
that is good to know and the price is cheep.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Skreed
Got two questions. I have a Aux fuse box like yours I just mounted inside the cab and I don't care for the placement, do you have any probs with your aux boxes getting wet?

Second did you just simply unbolt the motor driven fan and stick the ele. one in place or did you have to modify the motor drive fan mounting location to make the ele. one fit?


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I don't do deep water crossings
but normally no water gets on that spot the last water we did was about 18" deep

yes unbolt the motor driven fan and clutch and stick the ele one in place
the only mod on the motor was removing the studs for the old fan and using bolts in there place
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 08:58 PM
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Thanks I think I will try this mod.
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Originally Posted by mike37
that would suck
this one is sealed with some type of epoxy was yours sealed??
it was supose to be but it made it way in through the male connectors on the relay......
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 98 JeepJeep
it was supose to be but it made it way in through the male connectors on the relay......
thats not good
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I'm liking this Mod
This is going on my Mod to do list.
I'm thinking this might help the MPG's as well
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