Will H > 1989 Ford Bronco > open folder Electric fan install

The electric fan controller, Advance Auto Parts Imperial/Hayden part # 226204
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I walked down all the rows of Ford cars looking for a Mark VIII to get the fan from, as I've heard i...
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1998 Thunderbird. This pic shows the depth of the electric fan into the engine bay, and kind of what...
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Theres a 1994 t-bird next to it with 30k miles more than the 1998. I took the newer one with less mi...
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All the stuff I have amassed so far for the swap, and the Taurus fan. 16 inches. Hard to see but I p...
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Taurus fan: 22 inches across
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Taurus fan: 17 inches vertical
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Taurus fan: About 5 inches deep
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T-bird fan. Also 22 inches across, and since its square, its about 22 inches vertical
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T-bird fan: About 5 inches deep.
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All my stuff. A new quality pair of wire cutters/strippers/crimpers from Grainger, project box, grom...
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T-bird fan 18 inches across
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Remove the 4 fan bolts...
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It might take some persuasion depending on how long its been on, but mine came off easy, only been o...
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Thread the fan bolts back in. These also hold the outer water pump pulley on.
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T-bird fan held in place. There is very little room, 1-2 mm between the motor and the pulleys...not ...
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Top down view, you can see its too deep to fit. This is most likely due to the extremely large radia...
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Taurus fan fits perfectly. Not sure why there is a difference, When I measured the thickness of the ...
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I held it to the drivers side of the radiator, I'm not sure it really matters where on the radiator ...
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Held in the middle of the radiator, it's close but no interference. I guess I dont know how to use a...
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Not content to use the smaller Taurus fan, I decided to cut a little bit of the shroud off the T-bir...
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Flush with the drivers side of the radiator, there is now enough clearance to mount it, and allow fo...
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Cut the mounting tab off the side of it. The tab was pushing the fan off the radiator a bit allowing...
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This is a blue/white wire to either the EEC or Fuel Pump relay. It is the most convenient tie-in I...
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This is the yellow wire from the fan controller that ties into the IGN ON blue/white wire by the FP/...
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This is where the project box is going. I'm leaving it open until I tweak everything and confirm eer...
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I didnt have any heat shrink this big so I had to resort to electrical tape. This is the splice into...
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The 300 amp continuous duty solenoid. Way overkill, and hindsight and some more research shows I cou...
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Temperature probe installed right next to the inlet coolant hose. Its a nice tight fit, I cant imagi...
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This is the tie-in for the green AC ON wire to the fan controller. This tells the fan to come on eve...
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This is where I routed the wires for the fan. Gonna put split hose on it when I get around to it.
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Bottom up view of the routing of my fan wires.
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Dual Taurus fans mounted. This took some shroud cutting, and the are about as close to each other as...
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Using cardboard to make a template to cut the shroud of the dual fans around the radiator hoses etc.
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layed over the fans I can see where I have to cut.
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It took alot of test fitting and trimming and more test fitting. About an hour of this and I had a g...
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My wiring job. Not sure I like it, not waterproof enough but its good for now until I do a massive r...
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A simple 1 inch wide piece of aluminum I bent to follow the countours of the fan shrouds. This is st...
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