Thermostate Setting for Failing Squarrel Fan

[Scott Forman]

Can someone explain how to run the wires for this set up?

Scott Forman
86 PT38
Memphis

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "sfedeli3" <sfedeli3@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Curt,
>
> My thermostat is mounted in the ceiling of the engine compartment
> just above the alternator on my 6V92. It is about the size of a
small
> bottle cap. I used it, in conjuction with a bosch relay, to power a
> Hayden fan that cools the engine compartment. I used the largest fan
> that I could find at Advanced Auto parts and mounted the fan behind
> the grill that provides access to the curbside of the engine
compartment.
> Originally, I had set my fan to expel the hot air and work in
> tandem with the large engine fan to pass air through the
compartment.
> Once parked, however, I have achieved better results by drawing
cool,
> outside air into the engine compartment, expelling it through the
> radiator. I usually just reverse the wires on the fan, causing it to
> run backwards. This would cool the compartment so fast, that the
relay
> would shut it off, so I also installed a SPDT switch to override the
> thermostat and leave the fan on. I may eventually install at DPDT
> switch to reverse the polarity without having to pull the wires off
> the fan. This setup has worked fine for about 12K miles and the fan
> does not seem to mind running in reverse.
>
> Shane Fedeli
> 85PT40
> Hershey, PA
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Sprenger"
> wrote:
> >
> > Several of us have recently posted about the ratteling or non
working
> > fan that is mounted in the upper rear area of the engine
compartment.
> > Does anyone know the thermostat degree setting for that fan?
Anyone
> > know where that thermostate is located?
> >
> > My thought at this time is to control the add-in Hayden fans to
run
> > off the same controls.
> > --
> > Curt Sprenger
> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > Anaheim Hills, CA
> >
>