Taking over a project car (Radiator wiring) (Page 1/1)
Nasta JUL 30, 11:00 AM
I purchased a working-as-is project car that I would like to improve, problem is I'm not a mechanic, restoring the vehicle based on original diagrams I can do, but trying to continue the work of previous owners and I'm clueless.
Of the number of issues I'm faced with, the heater core was bypassed (I don't know if it leaks but was told the previous owner wanted more cooling) and the radiator fan was rewired and run through a relay and then to the fuse panel, right now the radiator fan wire isn't connected and is my immediate concern, can anyone figure out where to connect the wire to the fuse panel? I do intend to get the heater core working again but for now I just need the radiator fan running (thermostat is also bad so I know the fan will run continuously).




kendell AUG 01, 09:50 PM
Bump. Hope some experts would chime in
Nasta AUG 01, 11:55 PM
I figured it all out, the fuse box doesn't match the one the diagram has for the car, I got the fan running by connecting the wire into the front of the fuse box on the bottom left where there's three ports that are labeled ignition, this alone didn't solve it, I traced another wire in the circuit to underneath the left headlight where the wire had fallen out of a connector, reconnected the wire (temporary fix, will need a better way of making the connection long term) and it's working now.
My next plan after I get back from a trip is to replace the thermostat, reconnect the heater coil, check for leaks and replace it if necessary.
kendell AUG 02, 10:39 PM

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Originally posted by Nasta:

I figured it all out, the fuse box doesn't match the one the diagram has for the car, I got the fan running by connecting the wire into the front of the fuse box on the bottom left where there's three ports that are labeled ignition, this alone didn't solve it, I traced another wire in the circuit to underneath the left headlight where the wire had fallen out of a connector, reconnected the wire (temporary fix, will need a better way of making the connection long term) and it's working now.
My next plan after I get back from a trip is to replace the thermostat, reconnect the heater coil, check for leaks and replace it if necessary.



Well done on figuring it out! Way to go