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Overheating the Sport.....

I picked up my boy from school today and was on the way to drop him off at his friend's house,and noticed the temp. gauge getting high. Not a good thing. I dropped him off and stopped a few blocks away at Wal-Mart to check it out. I swapped the relay,no fan. I checked a little deeper and it looked like the motor was bad. I called Autozone,and they would have to order it,but,the Autozone in Gainesville (Texas) had one....40 mile trip coming right up. I got there and picked it up,brought it home,and all was fine until I looked a little closer.The Ford fan motor is flat on the fan blade shaft to hold the fan blade in place on the shaft.The new motor just has a round shaft. I've got a lifetime warranty on it,but still might get the Dremmel out and flatten the sides of the shaft like the factory piece.The shaft on the new motor is longer as well.I may have Autozone order another and I'll make this work until a new one gets here.It may be the same thing though. I need the Sport running because I'm NOT going to miss the appointment with the a/c guy Monday early morning. No real reason for posting all of this,just sharing the day I suppose.

News on the fix after I get home from the swap meet in the morning.I'm HOPING to find anything that I can use,or that is really cool.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #1 –
Thanks for sharing , and good luck at the swap meet:D
Fox-less at the moment

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Reply #2 –
Clutch fan FTW!;)
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #3 –
you named the problem.. AUTOZONE :punchballs: we get nothing but problems with the junk they sell

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Reply #4 –
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you named the problem.. AUTOZONE
                    I'd rather deal with Autozone. I get better service.

20006 Ford Fusion SE

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Reply #5 –
It's not Autozone,it's the suppliers.It's probably the same motor I'd get at NAPA or Oreillys.One way or another,it'll get fixed today after the swap meet.I haven't applied any effort to the repair yet.I'll post the results later. I may find a fan at the swap meet and just take my motor back.That would make me happy.The motor was $76.00.I'd hit up the yards for one around here,but the fans are all gone. No worries,A fan motor is easy stuff.Better than engine failure,a diff. swap,or other high end costs.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Flex Fan

Reply #6 –
A flexfan  is another simple/quick solution.
Stroked and Blown
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Reply #7 –
I always kept the stock fan and shroud in the trunk.  That way fan dies you can be up and running in 10 min.
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Reply #8 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;335921
No real reason for posting all of this,just sharing the day I suppose.

...This is why you need a ride thread my friend:D


Oh, and hey, at least it wasn't a water pump failure!:punchballs:
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

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Reply #9 –
Quote from: Blck85TBirdV8;335936
I'd rather deal with Autozone. I get better service.


maybe in your area.. it seems like every autozone in jersey hires the most auto-illiterate morons to work behind the counter.. and their duralast parts are pretty junky and don't last as long as napa/advance parts

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Reply #10 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;335938
It's not Autozone,it's the suppliers

was it a delco by any chance? i had a similar problem with a delco motor on a customers car.. i had to mic the shaft of the original in order to get the correct 1.. apparently their part numbers are mixed up somehow

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Reply #11 –
The motor was a name brand,but it's gone and I can't remember.. It didn't work out,so,I took it back and got my money back. No-one in town had the motor I needed (everyone had to order it if I wanted it). The local salvage yard was closed on this Saturday....and they're always open Saturdays.It figures. I ended up buying a 16 inch electric fan and installing it in the Taurus fan shroud.It works great,blowing a lot of air,and after a nice test drive,everything stayed really cool. Done deal. Monday,the a/c is getting hooked up,and tomorrow,I'm taking the day off from everything....except cleaning under the hood a little bit.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #12 –
Vinnie what year Taurus did you get your fan motor from? I did some searching and what I found was that 1990 Taurus fan motors show a round shaft while the 1995 Taurus shows flat sides.

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Reply #13 –
Thats what i have on mine... just a generic 16 inch "Torq-Flobfan. Works great!
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

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Reply #14 –
Quote from: Watchdevil;336007
Vinnie what year Taurus did you get your fan motor from? I did some searching and what I found was that 1990 Taurus fan motors show a round shaft while the 1995 Taurus shows flat sides.


Me too....1995. At this point,the new one seems to work great,and I found one yard about two miles from here that sells the Taurus fans (the whole assemblies) for $35.00 each. I'll do some looking and can probably get them cheaper.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..