Originally Posted by RINGWRAITH

E-FAN RESTORE!!!!

Ok, first remove the E-fan shroud, two 13mm bolts on top and unplug the harness......

Then remove the retainer clip on the back side of the fan with a flat screw driver and small hammer, thats right hit it! Look at the retainer, there is a small window in which to place the screw driver for this purpose, remove clip....then pull up on the fan blades and remove....
Then remove the three retainer bolts (10mm socket) that well, retains the ele. motor and remove from shroud...
Using a 13mm socket remove the two brackets that retain the shroud and restore by sanding away any scale, prime and finish paint, do the retainer clip also and the fan bolts...set aside to dry...

Brackets restored:



Now, clean the shroud and fan blades, 409 first then a plastic cleaner/restorer (your choice) let dry and spray a heavy coat of Engine Shine, let tack up then wipe down:



I ordered a new VDO Siemens fan motor from Amazon, 63 skins shipped, the reasons are our stock fans are just too old and almost always fail, the VDO fan is new and is more powerful spinning the fan faster so this is a MUST up grade...Part# is in the pic, this is almost an exact fit except for the ele. connections,,,,:



I picked up the pigtail that fits the motor, and it is a crimp/solder connection to the stock harness....BTW "Crimps are for kids" "Silly Rabbit" solder is the only method to be used here.
Part# for the pigtail is:
WPT-168


Pigtail mounted to the motor:



Now remove the harness clip end from the stock motor, give yourself a few inches and strip the ends of the three wires, RED, BLACK and GREEN...

RED is + high speed
BLACK is - ground
GREEN is + low speed

On the new VDO motors ele. connections plug there are two markings + and - and a middle prom. - is ground and connects to the stock plugs black wire.....+ is high speed and connects to the stock red wire, and the middle prom/wire in the low speed that connects to the stock green wire.....

The new pigtail has three black wires, so match them up at the fans plug....cut the right length, strip the ends and solder:



After the right amount of solder is applied, I reheated the solder puddle until it flowed out with 100% coverage, front to back, side to side then used the industrial shrink wrap supplied in the harness kit:





Then I taped between the three wires to ensure against shorts due to vibration, then doubled wrapped the the three wires together and covered with convolute tubing and secured it both ends with wire ties:
And because the connector on my stock fan had broken locator/anchor pins, I secured the new set up to the stock holes in the shroud.....



Of course I remounted the motor....which has three tabs and uses three bolts, one of the tabs is square and matches a square mounting point on the shroud, this orients the motor in the correct position so the pigtail points towards the factory harnesses end:




Once this is secured, flip the shroud over and mount the fan blades with the stock clip...the rear of the fan has a three prong locator that fits into the fan blade assembly, match this up and press the blades in place:







Of note here... becareful not to dislodge the fan counter weight used to balance the assembly, they are located usually on the blades and look like a small panel clip, this is very important, if removed, the fan will wobble and wear out the motors bearings prematurely!!! Its hard to see so I used a laser to mark its position in the pic...look closely!!!



Now mount the shrouds retainer brackets that you restored with a 13mm scoket:





And YER DONE!!!! remount the shroud and connect the harness.....

This fan looks factory new and preforms better than stock!!
Don't buy the pigtail from a ford dealer, prices have changed and have gone waaaaay up from a year or two ago....they are on Scream-Bay and Amazone for around 22skins...