EL thermo fans on XF radiator

[adrianphu123 73]

Hey guys

 

Looking to mount up a set of EL thermos to an XF radiator, how have people done it?

 

Thanks,

 

adrian

[slydog 7,873]

Top of plastic cowl screwed to rad.Bottom of cowl held in place by soft mount foam backed DC zip locks.

[wagoon 2,429]

I bolted the top as Sly did but I went a different way with the lower section.

 

 

My lower section is far from neat and tidy but it does the job and should keep the thermo's mounted nice and firm to the radiator.

[76gxl 30]

I bolted to the top of radiator and pop riveted small angle brackets to the bottom of the shroud that sit in the bottom radiator clips.

 

Used a Davies Craig digital controller that turns the fans on at your pre determined temp. Is a twin controller so turns the second fan on around 10 seconds after the first fan to reduce load. Works really well.

[76gxl 30]

This was on a xc radiator, looking at Wagoons photos the xf radiator might be shorter??

[tpak addict 1,909]

I used a Thermo switch off a Diahatsu as it has a 3/8 thread to control the fans on high speed

 

 

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[wagoon 2,429]

The xf radiator is the same heights as the original xe radiator that was in my car, the xf radiator is much wider though and is required to mount the thermo's to. Both my original XE and the XF radiators were to suit 6 cylinder.

 

My setup is triggered by a Tridon thermatic switch which screws into the cylinder head. There are several different temp ranges available but my setup works perfectly with my heavily modified roller cam engine.

This is the thermatic switch I'm using

[hendrixhc 10,918]

This is mine from the XE

 

http://www.ozfalcon.com.au/index.php?/topic/68-hendrixhcs-long-term-xe-project/?p=1961

 

Shows how and where i cut the fans to fit and mount them.

 

http://www.ozfalcon.com.au/index.php?/topic/68-hendrixhcs-long-term-xe-project/?p=1965

[SirkWhyXF 1,533]

Nice neat job.

[Mr Polson 10,214]

The xf radiator is the same heights as the original xe radiator that was in my car, the xf radiator is much wider though and is required to mount the thermo's to. Both my original XE and the XF radiators were to suit 6 cylinder.

 

XE were also avaliable with the wider radiator, and some XFs had the narrow one too.

AC, EFI or tow pack meant the wider radiator was fitted.

[deankxf 20,266]

I used a Thermo switch off a Diahatsu as it has a 3/8 thread to control the fans on high speed

 

 

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im not a big fan of the gauge sender or fan switch in this location, i have had no water in the top hose many times in the last 20yrs or so with crossflows(headgasket leaks, welsh plugs, hose splits, leaky gas converters and water pumps and heater cores.. )

once the level of coolant drops they are not going to work properly unless you have a low coolant light(fairlane probably does though)

[hendrixhc 10,918]

Nice neat job.

 

Didnt end up using it in the XE. It now lives in the XC ( for a few more weeks anyways)!

[tpak addict 1,909]

Fairlane does have low coolant light...

 

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[Mr Polson 10,214]

Fairmont Ghia also has it.

AFAIK the sensors for it are in most XF radiators?

[Lord_fahrquhar 2,580]

I used the tangs at the bottom of the radiator to hold and straps to connect to the factory mounts on top.

 

Works grouse