joshua029

here is the thing. yesterday my 95 302ci overheated and started spraying coolant out the front grill. thankfully, i was at autozone but what i was told was wrong. the fan stopped which caused the overheating in all of that stop n go traffic. i tried to move the fan by hand thinking that i had gotten something stuck and it wouldn't move. i tried to test the power gettin to the fan (didn't really have the right stuff to do it) and i couldn't really conclude anything.

so far i've got:

no blown fuses, fan doesn't wanna turn and im not 100% sure if there is power gettin to the fan and really need a new paint job now.

suggestions?

raven_ghostwolf

electric fan should move freely with no power going to it!

mattdel

you tryed to turn the fan by hand and it wouldn't move? it's done

joshua029

thats what i figured, thats why i believe im gonna have to get a known to work fan from a junkyard and try it first. just scared of the price...

mattdel

you can disassemble it and just replace the motor. the fan itself should only be held onto it with 1 nut.

joshua029

great idea! never thought of that!

joshua029

its $60 for just the motor at autozone. way better than i expected!

tmajikman

You don't want to purchase a new one from ford, they want $325 for the Taurus 3.8 fan assembly, I got the junk yard special shipped for $50 and even if the motor goes I will only have to spend another $50 for a new motor. g/l