jpcherokeekid
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So after reading Gojeep's ford torus electric fan swap i figured it was time to do it on mine since my mechanical fan was starting to crap out again. So i headed out to the junkyard and grabed a fan out of an early 90's ford torus and test fitted it to one of the cherokees in the yard to see how much triming i was gunna have to do. still dont know how they fit that huge fan in a cherokee but i didnt like how tight everything was going to be so i scavenged the yard pulling electric fans from numerous different vehicles and taking them back and test fitting them to the guiny pig xj that was in the yard. i ended up coming home with a 14in fan from a 93 Chrysler LeBaron with a 3L v6. not sure of the cfm as searching has turned up empty but since it has to keep a 3L v6 cool ill give it a shot.
Next was to tear down the manual clutch fan setup, which involved pulling the fan hub off and pounding the shaft out from the front. i chose not to cut the front of the housing off as i did not need the extra clearence and this would allow me to switch back if i ever changed my mind.
Next was to trim the alternater bracket to allow clearence for the fan belt since i eliminated the fan clutch pully
here is a pic of everthing that was taken off
Here is the finished bracket showing that the belt has cleared the bracket
Next was to start trimming up the fan shoud which took some time but turned out to fit darn near perfect and almost looks factory.
And here is the fan fully installed with all the pullys back in there places and the lower shroud mounts i bent up from some scrap 20guage sheetmetal
Passenger side lower bracket
driver side lower bracket
I ordered a new shorter fan belt like this one from summit (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GTR-4060827/?rtype=10) after measuring to make shure the length was correct allong with a this fan controller (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DER-16749/).
I will update more once i get the belt and fan switch installed allong with how well my new setup performs.
Next was to tear down the manual clutch fan setup, which involved pulling the fan hub off and pounding the shaft out from the front. i chose not to cut the front of the housing off as i did not need the extra clearence and this would allow me to switch back if i ever changed my mind.
Next was to trim the alternater bracket to allow clearence for the fan belt since i eliminated the fan clutch pully
here is a pic of everthing that was taken off
Here is the finished bracket showing that the belt has cleared the bracket
Next was to start trimming up the fan shoud which took some time but turned out to fit darn near perfect and almost looks factory.
And here is the fan fully installed with all the pullys back in there places and the lower shroud mounts i bent up from some scrap 20guage sheetmetal
Passenger side lower bracket
driver side lower bracket
I ordered a new shorter fan belt like this one from summit (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GTR-4060827/?rtype=10) after measuring to make shure the length was correct allong with a this fan controller (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DER-16749/).
I will update more once i get the belt and fan switch installed allong with how well my new setup performs.