wentz912 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 So the cooling fan in my 85 GLW does not ever come on. I'm going to try hooking it directly to power to see if it is burned up, but if its not where should i check next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 bridge the terminals at the thermo switch located on the side of the radio near the drain cock. The fan should operate if you jumper the terminals. If so, then the thermoswitch itself is bad. you can wire in a switch at the terminal plug to manually operate. It will operate with the on and acc key position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentz912 Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 It would be the white plug with the two wires going into the back of the fan? I see what looks like the thermostatic controller in the radiator a few inches above the drain, and it has what looks like some very NOT FACTORY connections coming out of it. Is this typical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 It would be the white plug with the two wires going into the back of the fan? I see what looks like the thermostatic controller in the radiator a few inches above the drain, and it has what looks like some very NOT FACTORY connections coming out of it. Is this typical? the connector will have a yellow and a blue wire. one of the wires has a stripe, maybe white? (trying to think of it) but it shounds like you found it. people try to hardwaire the fan or do some crazy splices because they don't know this switch just grounds the circuit. did you jump the pins together...what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentz912 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 I did not have anything on me to jump with yesterday and am already at work for the day so will be testing it this afternoon when I'm done for the day. And just to clarify for myself, you're saying to jump the one terminal on the thermo switch to the other, because internally it has some gizmo that does tue same thing at a certain temperature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 And just to clarify for myself, you're saying to jump the one terminal on the thermo switch to the other, because internally it has some gizmo that does tue same thing at a certain temperature? Yes, it is a switch that closes at a preset temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentz912 Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 So I hooked the fan directly to the battery and got Nada. Looks like ive got a burned up fan. Time to source a new one. Should i go with another factory one or find a largeraftermarket one and mount it using the factory harness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I would go with a factory one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 i'd just get a used Subaru fan, they work fine, are so easy you can replace them with your eyes closed, and don't fail often enough to worry about IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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