1G radiator fan won't turn on

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Originally Posted by Halon

Kevin you copy cat!

Haha I know.

[brando]

i had this same problem and all it was is a bad ground. ive heard of a few other people having the same problem

[1slowdsm]

Where was this bad ground it turned out to be? My fan isnt coming on right now. Checked everything, replaced thermostat, even replaced the harness (part that plugs into fan). Fan wont even come on when I use jumper wires at the fuse to start up the fan or when I turn on the A/C fan.
How do you connect the fan to a switch to manually turn it on? I'll need to bypass the stock harness if it's part of the connection to the switch.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Are you using jumper wires just at the fuse, or jumping it straight to the fan? If you're jumping it straight to the fan, then the fan motor is bad.

[viridionplague]

i take back my ass comment.

so your jumping the fuse, what about the relay switch?

[1slowdsm]

yeah, I meant Im jumping it from the relay switch itself. I just connected the two left connectors and that should've started the fan, but it didnt so I went by what the repair book says and I connected the battery directly to the fan to test if the fan was working and it worked, but there was a lil spark that ignited at the fan plug. Hopefully the fan didnt go bad because of that.

[viridionplague]

no its not the left two, its the bottom right one and the top left one, i just had to do this to my 91 talon cause the fans wouldnt turn on

[1slowdsm]

Originally Posted by viridionplague

no its not the left two, its the bottom right one and the top left one, i just had to do this to my 91 talon cause the fans wouldnt turn on

what the frick. The book showed the left two, so much for the book! I'll give it a shot right now.

[1slowdsm]

sweet, the fan works this way. Thanks a lot for the clarification Viridionplague. You just saved me a huge headache.
Now, basically I can just hook up the toggle switch to the jumper wire and that should let me turn on the fan at my will, correct?

[viridionplague]

well its a little diffrent for a lot of the cars, there 2 diffrent styles for the 1g's ive noticed

one is the relay has male connectors, and one where the relay has female connectors.

either way they should be corner to corner

[viridionplague]

if you have the fuse box by the driver side strut tower, its pins 1 and 3, or the 2 on the bottom

[1slowdsm]

Originally Posted by viridionplague

if you have the fuse box by the driver side strut tower, its pins 1 and 3, or the 2 on the bottom

I hooked up two wires from the relay box by the drivers side strut, I have it hooked on the two bottom but this only starts up the A/C fan and not the cooling fan itself. I'm thinking of just hooking it up to the passenger cooling fan relay and using that, it shouldnt be a problem if I do it this way, right?

[viridionplague]

kind of hard to tell, in my car i dont even have the box on the driver side, just the passenger side box. where in blaine do you live?

[1slowdsm]

oh crap, forgot to change my location. I moved to Stp earlier this year, but I'll be in blaine tonight to bowl at brunswick, lol. Im gonna go ahead and try what I mentioned for now, it should work. The toggle switch will basically disconnect the top left and bottom right connection and shut off the fan.

[viridionplague]

on my car i have a "rad fan" relay, i connected the bottom left, and top right together, when i turn the car on, the fans turn on

[viridionplague]

im sorry i said that wrong in a previous pot, it is the bottom left and top right, assuming your on the rad fan relay on the passenger side,

the driver side is supposed to be the 2 bottom pins

and when your done at brunswick and still dont have the fan working swing on by, im not more than 5 minutes away from there

[1slowdsm]

ok cool. Thanks for all the help man. Much appreciated.

[viridionplague]

ill pm you my number so you can give me a call