I recently bought a 1983 DL 4wd wagon ea81 engine, 104 k miles from a dealer with "a bad carburetor that can't be fixed". I got it running smoothly with a can of cleaner and a few tanks of fresh gas w Lucas gas treatment. It still kept stalling at decel and only got 18 mpg, so i bought a carter carb kit w manual choke kit from redline and installed it.
I got it idling nicely-accelerates great, but now the radiator fan won't turn on, and of course it runs hot. I plugged the old vaccuum /emissions hoses during the carb install till i see what can be removed (never will need emissions inspection). The only thing i can find in a manual that may affect it is a :thermosensor" in the old carb.
Is the fan not turning on because of a vaccuum/emissions hose that needs opened up, or the old carb sensor missing?---can this be by passed?